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Displaced Workers: One Year Later.
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Devens, Richard M., Jr. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
Using the longitudinal potential of the Current Population Survey, this report provides information on changes in the labor market status of displaced workers between January 1984 and January 1985. Overall, persons displaced during the 1979-83 period appeared to be generally better off in January 1985 than they had been in January 1984. (CT)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Income
The Pulse of Economic Change: Displaced Workers of 1981-85.
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Horvath, Francis W. – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
The 1986 survey of displaced workers presents a more positive picture of post-displacement success than that conducted in 1984. Regional distribution also improved slightly. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Economic Change, Employment Patterns
Worker Displacement Still Common in the Late 1980s.
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Herz, Diane E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1991
Even during a period of rapid employment growth, over four million people were displaced from their jobs in the 1980s. Workers displaced during the latter half of the decade had a much easier time finding new jobs. (Author)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff
Worker Displacement: A Decade of Change.
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Gardner, Jennifer M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1995
During 1991-92, 2.8 million workers were displaced from long-held jobs. Compared to a similar recessionary period in the early 1980s, there was higher job loss among older workers and those in service and white-collar occupations and more displacement in the Northeast and West. (SK)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff, Older Adults
Farmers Displaced in Economically Depressed Times.
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Rathge, Richard W.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1988
Compares the socioeconomic characteristics of dislocated farm households in North Dakota with working farm households. Finds no significant difference between operating methods of displaced farmers and those currently in business. Suggests researchers shift their attention to macrolevel variables to characterize displaced farmers. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Status, Employment Patterns, Farm Management
Americans Heading for the Cities, Once Again.
Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1988
Examines increasing rural to urban migration as caused by farming crises, employment cutbacks, slow rural population growth in 1980s, and slow rural recovery from recession. The migration was especially heavy during 1983-1986. Cites indicators showing possible future reversal. Includes charts, graphs, and maps. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate
The New Reality: Emerging Responsibilities in a Changing Workplace.
Workforce Economic Trends, 1998
Changing workplaces offer opportunities for workers and companies that are flexible and willing to learn and adapt. Some trends in the changing workplace include the following; (1) downsizing among companies is decreasing; (2) companies are creating jobs while eliminating other jobs; (3) economic factors are as likely to create jobs as eliminate…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs