Econometric forecasting models were used to forecast employment levels in the hotel and catering industry in Great Britain through 1993 under several different forecasting scenarios. The growth in employment in the hotel and catering industry over the next 5 years is likely to be broadly based, both across income levels of domestic consumers,…

Three essays are presented as part of a research project on education and the labor market. The aim of the project is to study long-term relations between education and productivity, with special attention to Swedish higher education. The first essay, by Mary Jean Bowman, deals with some broad issues in the philosophy and methodology of…