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Lee, Jennifer C. – Social Forces, 2013
The increase in high-skilled immigrants to the United States coincided with the expansion of the high-technology sector, and now a large share of Asian immigrants concentrate in high-tech industries. Despite much research on the relationship between ethnic concentration and labor market outcomes, the association between ethnic niche employment and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Asian Americans, Industry, Employment Patterns
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Newfield, Christopher – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2010
This paper describes the most likely social structure awaiting "knowledge workers" in the knowledge economies of high- and medium-income nations. Commentators from across the political spectrum and in diverse institutional positions have been noting that the source of new products and industries is increasingly "cognitive". They have been…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Social Stratification, Knowledge Management, Information Technology
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. – 1983
Although technological change profoundly affects the types, amounts, and conditions of work in both public and private sectors, there is no agreement among economists, technologists, or labor representatives on the impact of developments of new high-technology industries upon employment. Because the implications of these developments are neither…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Hartmann, Heidi I., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This volume contains 12 papers commissioned by the Panel on Technology and Women's Employment. "Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives" (Eli Ginzberg) is an overview that provides a context for the volume. The four case studies in Part II describe the impact of information technology in the insurance industry, among bookkeepers, among…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Employed Women, Employment Level
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Dymmel, Michael D. – Monthly Labor Review, 1979
Discusses technological change in the telecommunications industry; changes in job content and skill levels; decreased labor requirements in the telephone industry; the impact on labor and employment; trends in productivity and investment; and the social and economic ramifications of communication technology changes. (MF)
Descriptors: Automation, Electronic Equipment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Imel, Susan – 1999
Although not all current jobs require basic computer skills, technological advances in society have created new jobs and changed the ways many existing jobs are performed. Clearly, workers who are proficient in technology have a greater advantage in the current workplace and the need for technologically proficient workers will only continue to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Needs, Employment Level
Hartmann, Heidi I., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This report, prepared by the Committee's Panel on Technology and Women's Employment, identifies and analyzes the effects of technological change on the quantity and quality of women's paid employment. Chapter 1 defines technological change, describes changes in information technologies, discusses the measurement and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Demand Occupations, Employed Women
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1972
This government bulletin examines changes in technology in the railroad industry, projects their impact on productivity, employment, and occupational requirements, and discusses methods of vocational adjustment. As one of a series of reports required by the Manpower Development and Training Act, the study was based on discussions with company,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
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Handel, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2003
This paper provides an extensive review of the research literature on the effects of information technology (IT) on employment levels, job skill requirements, and wages. The first sections provide historical background on earlier waves of concern regarding automation, contemporary public opinion regarding new workplace technology, and trends in…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Employment Level, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1989
This paper reviews some key trends revealed by a project on "Technological Change and Human Resources Development: The Service Sector" conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The project seeks to identify and analyze changes in labor markets, work organization, and skill requirements arising from the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
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Handel, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2004
This paper reviews evidence from industry-specific and case studies that shed light on the extent to which computers and automation eliminate jobs, raise job skill requirements, and, consequently, contribute to increased wage inequality between less- and more skilled workers. This paper complements a previous review of large-scale econometric…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Employment Level, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Baldwin, Stephen E. – 1987
This report was written for the Technology Policy Task Force of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives. The report examines the nature and history of technological change, its impact on large and small firms and their workers, and its policy implications. The paper stresses that individuals, schools, firms,…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
2001
The possible impact of technological and structural change on employment in the European Union (EU) over the next 20 years was examined through an exploration of the following alternative policy-driven scenarios: (1) business as usual; (2) concentrated technology policy (increases in innovation and research and development [R&D] efforts are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Economic Change
Smith, Andrew – 2002
Statistical information about employment in 13 engineering trades occupations in Australia was examined to identify skill shortages in the country's engineering trades. Data from various Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB) reports regarding the supply of and demand for skills in the engineering trades…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Jackson, Nancy – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. Section 1 looks mostly at male-dominated trades work and at some historical modes of the flexing of political muscle in struggles over the definition of work and skill. It…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Clerical Occupations
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