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Download full textShierholz, Heidi; Edwards, Kathryn Anne – Economic Policy Institute, 2011
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…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Public Policy, Labor Market
Bivens, Josh; Edwards, Kathryn Anne; Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander; Turner, Anna – Economic Policy Institute, 2010
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…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Young Adults, Public Policy, Labor Market
Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation, and Research (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1966
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…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Brimmer, Andrew F. – 1976
Assessing the economic progress of blacks in the United States during the last decade and a half, this special report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of the report noting the overall conclusion that the economic position of blacks (as well as that of other racial minority groups and of poor whites) is not likely to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Change, Economic Progress, Employment Patterns
Levine, David I. – 1998
This book examines how many of the United States' social and economic problems are reinforced by the combination of school, business, and government. It outlines ways that U.S. government policy can be reformulated to make schools and training major components in the U.S. labor market's successful adjustment to the new workplace realities. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Economic Change
