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Cully, Mark – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 2002
Australian census data were analyzed to determine how the transition to a knowledge economy has altered the character of jobs. Of 340 occupations, 84 declined and 64 doubled in overall employment. Occupations dominated by women and part-time workers grew fastest. The knowledge economy has had ambiguous effects; many workers are underemployed.…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries

Crowley, Michael F. – Monthly Labor Review, 1972
Descriptors: Career Change, College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Sheingold, Steven – 1982
Of the currently unemployed workforce, a portion (100,000 to 2.1 million) can be termed dislocated workers. Even as the economy recovers from the current recession, these involuntarily unemployed workers will face serious problems finding new jobs because of structural changes in the economy. Current unemployment and training programs often do not…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Programs

Bruwer, Johan de W.; Fox, William – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Examination of the employment situation of South Africa's recent university graduates finds many are taking jobs of lower status and income than graduates of previous periods, resulting in underemployment. A study of employment levels and labor demand in 812 companies suggests strategic enrollment management could play an important role in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Management
Rumberger, Russell W. – 1983
An analysis based on U.S. census data of labor market opportunities for young, inexperienced college graduates (out of school less than five years) over the last three decades and projected into the next reveals significant trends. These opportunities are measured by types of jobs held and relative earnings. Comparisons of government figures on…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Hawaii State Commission on Manpower and Full Employment, Honolulu. – 1974
A coordinated approach to attain full employment in Hawaii remains a priority need in governmental policy. Manpower problems which began to mount after 1970 were compounded by fuel and material shortages in 1974. The report urges that adequate policies now be formulated to meet the problems. It recommends the adoption of a State policy which…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Programs

Tigges, Leann M.; Tootle, Deborah M. – Rural Sociology, 1990
Examines the effect of the labor market structure on underemployment and low-wage employment of urban and rural White males. Examines factors of special public employment, global industrial competition, sexual competition, and high proportion of rural female workers. Concludes industrial restructuring and increased foreign competition threaten…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Wandner, Stephen A. – 2000
Unemployment compensation in the United States is provided through a federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI). UI provides temporary partial wage replacement to active job seekers who are involuntarily out of work. For older workers, UI is an important source of income security and a potential influence on work incentives. For example,…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Futures (of Society), Labor Force Development
Bates, Timothy – 1976
Utilizing a data file extracted from the University of Michigan Survey Research Center's Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study examines the work experiences of a national sample of non-aged heads of households. This data source, which describes heads of households and structural characteristics of labor markets, is unique in that…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Patterns, Heads of Households, Income
Selleck, Laura – 1982
Implications of new government approaches to manpower planning and its relationship to higher education in Ontario are examined. In January 1980 the Council of Ontario Universities released a background paper on the employment of university graduates, which reviewed the current major economic and demographic analyses of youth unemployment, the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Planning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1968
THE MANPOWER MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE CONGRESS, DELIVERED JANUARY 23, 1967, IN WHICH HE PROPOSED THE LARGEST MANPOWER PROGRAM YET UNDERTAKEN BY THE NATION IS PRESENTED. THE SIXTH MANPOWER REPORT, THE MAJOR PART OF THIS DOCUMENT, ASSESSES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD NATIONAL MANPOWER OBJECTIVES. NEW GROUND IS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Employment
International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. – 1980
Work in the lives of most Third World nation women is not a matter of equity and/or self-actualization. Rather, the changing economic roles and responsibilities of women make working a matter of economic survival. Despite the limitations of existing definitional and measurement problems related to data collection, regional data do exist which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Discriminatory Legislation