THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, INVOLVED PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT, THOSE WHO DID NOT BEGIN OR DROPPED OUT OF TRAINING, THOSE WHO WERE DENIED TRAINING BECAUSE OF TEST RESULTS, AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING RETRAINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF RETRAINING WERE SHORT-RUN INCREASE IN…

THE GRADUAL MOVEMENT OF NONWHITE WORKERS, 90 PERCENT OF WHOM ARE NEGROES, INTO HIGHER SKILLED AND BETTER PAYING JOBS HAS CONTINUED SINCE THE MID-1950'S. DESPITE THESE GAINS, LARGE GAPS EXIST BETWEEN WHITE AND NONWHITE WORKERS AS MEASURED BY SUCH INDICATORS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AS OCCUPATIONAL SHIFTS, MANPOWER UTILIZATION, INCOME, AND…

WORKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE AGENTS. THEIR ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY IS ENHANCED BY INVESTMENT IN THEM. THE INVESTMENT APPROACH IS NOT ONLY A USEFUL BUT A VERY POWERFUL ORGANIZING CONCEPT FOR POLICY AND PROGRAMING. BY USING IT, ONE CAN IDENTIFY MAJOR MALINVESTMENTS THAT ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF PUBLIC POLICY SUCH AS--(1) IN AGRICULTURE, TOO MUCH HAS BEEN…

Author carefully analyzes who stands to gain from employee training programs. This information will help government and private industry in the process of allocating and financing the training programs. (Editor/LF)

This report provides an overview of the changing labor force of the 1970's. Employment trends for youth, blacks, women part-time workers, and other groups are projected, after which the report discusses the role of Federal manpower policy in improving the operation of the labor market during inflation, recession, and steady growth. Numerous graphs…

Realizing the relationship of productivity to technological, organizational, and manpower variables, and the need to improve and increase production gains, this document examines existing public and private entrepreneurial and industrial relations structures in an effort to ascertain manpower policy measures which if strengthened or introduced…

CONDUCTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION, AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS, THIS STUDY PROJECTS THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1975, UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WILL BE 3 PERCENT. THE MAJOR CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN…

In recent years emphasis has shifted from physical to human capital as a key factor in economic growth. Both government and business have intensified efforts at manpower planning to improve the utilization of human resources. These papers by representatives of government and business cover various aspects of labor market efficiency. The nine…

This handbook was designed to assist economists and statisticians in the economically developing countries in initiating and conducting studies for determining future manpower requirements in relation to anticipated development. It outlines a method of estimating future manpower requirements by occupation and industry and future training…

Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines America's decreasing productivity rate in terms of the efficiency. Natural resources, labor, skilled management, and capital are essential to the productive process. When there is an increase in the cost of the…

Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines the American free enterprise system as it relates to the traditional lemonade stand and its ability to make a profit. The parallel is made by considering some basic principles: (1) the constant need for capital to…

TWENTY-NINE REPRESENTATIVES OF MANAGEMENT, TRADE UNIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS FROM 28 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN A STUDY COURSE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD ALREADY ACQUIRED SOME EXPERIENCE WITH LABOR PROBLEMS AND HELD, OR WERE LIKELY TO HOLD, POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIELD OF LABOR. ADDRESSED TO QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE LABOR FORCE AND ITS…

DURING THE EARLY 1960'S, THREE PRIMARY CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH CALLED FOR A BASIC REORIENTATION IN ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS OF ACTION. INVOLVED WERE (1) AN ECONOMIC POLICY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH (1964 REVENUE ACT), (2) AN ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY TO PROVIDE A TRAINED LABOR SUPPLY (1965 MANPOWER…

Representatives of employers' and workers' organizations from 16 member countries met to analyze the problems of facilitating adjustment to geographical and occupational changes, to discuss their experience, and to study the type of overall program needed in this field. The report contains (1) an introduction to the Seminar by Solomon Barkin, (2)…

EXAMINERS APPOINTED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) REPRESENTING THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE, CANADA, AND SWEDEN, VISITED THE UNITED STATES IN JANUARY 1963 TO STUDY THE COUNTRY'S MANPOWER POLICY, AND PREPARE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. THE EXAMINERS' REPORT AND A…