The Great Recession left a crater in the labor market that has been devastating for unemployed Americans of all ages. After more than two years of unemployment at well over 8%, there is a hole of more than 11 million jobs, with average spells of unemployment lasting nearly nine months. The weak labor market has been particularly tough on young…

It will take years for the labor market to recover from the damage induced by the recent recession. While monthly job losses almost surely peaked in 2009, the unemployment rate will likely peak in 2010 (CBO 2010a). In April, the unemployment rate reached 9.9% and the overall economic cause is simple: firms are not hiring quickly enough, as…

Detailed account of problems and progress in implementing the Emergency Employment Act in New York City. (DM)

An evaluation of the process and the impact of the Emergency Employment Act in the Los Angeles area. (DM)

The Emergency Employment Act, despite weaknesses, may represent a first step toward a needed permanent public service employment program. Or it could be a diversion and a destructive caricature of job creation. (DM)

Summation of the proceedings at a conference which sought answers to the following questions: (1) What are employers now doing to meet the problems of the transition of many uoung people from school to work? (2) What are these employers able and willing to do in the future to meet these problems? (SB)

This survey of programs operated by five large New York City area employers was undertaken to discover what can be effectively done to ease the critical transition from school to work--or from school to unemployment to work--in good times and bad. (Author)

California districts have discovered that a Statewide enrollment dip has hindered efforts to hire minority personnel. (Author/DN)

Focuses on the unemployment problem among Vietnam veterans and on the various Federal and private employment programs open to these veterans. Discussion also covers labor force statistics, readjustment to civilian life, changes in the American economy, and the role of the Department of Defense and civilian employers in helping veterans to find…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, concludes that, although education is important, it clearly is not a panacea for the problems of blacks, it is stated: statistical analyses are interpreted as suggesting that a high school education is more necessary among blacks, than among whites, to escape…

Discusses how Asian Americans are faring in the job market, focusing on the three largest subgroups: the Japanese, Chinese, and Pilipinos. The information on which this discussion is based comes from "A Study of Selected Socio-economic Characteristics of Ethnic Minorities Based on the 1970 Census, Volume II; Asian Americans," prepared by Urban…

A study of a small town in the Mississippi Delta, Madison, Arkansas, questions the myth that poverty means resignation. The study concluded that the major deterrents to getting and holding jobs were lack of transportation and unsatisfactory work environments. (Author/JB)

A brief review in trends of college populations, the number of students to be receiving degrees in different specialties, and the effect of such trends on the employment of college graduates and the future development of various professions and occupations. (JM)