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Peer reviewedManser, Marilyn E.; Picot, Garnett – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
Self-employment rates have become higher in Canada than in the United States for some time. This tendency became more pronounced during the 1990s. Types of self-employment jobs differed in the two countries. (JOW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Job Development, Self Employment
Peer reviewedBednarzik, Robert W. – Monthly Labor Review, 2000
Entrepreneurial activity, which is higher in the United States than in Europe, is important to job growth but not as important as job expansion in existing firms. However, smaller companies play a much larger role in job growth in services than in manufacturing. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Job Development
Peer reviewedGoodman, William C.; Consedine, Timothy D. – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
In 1998, foreign economic crises lowered the demand for U.S. goods and reduced U.S. manufacturing jobs. Hiring increased in construction, finance, and government. Unemployment was low throughout the year. (Author)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Construction Industry, Employment Patterns, Finance Occupations
Houseman, Susan N. – 1995
The literature on employment growth in the United States and selected industrialized countries and the wage, benefits, and job security characteristics of new and existing jobs were analyzed to determine how job growth and quality in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s compares to that in other industrialized countries. Among the study's…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Economic Climate
