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Direct linkMiller-Adams, Michelle; Hershbein, Brad J.; Bartik, Timothy J.; Timmeney, Bridget; Meyers, Amy; Adams, Lee – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2019
In 2018, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research launched a major research initiative into place-based strategies for local prosperity. Place-based strategies are nothing new. For decades, cities, regions, and states have sought to increase the number of jobs available to residents, expand their tax base, and promote amenities and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Job Development, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textNational Skills Coalition, 2021
The need to invest in our nation's crumbling infrastructure goes back decades. But today, with millions of people unemployed, there is unprecedented momentum to act. Women, immigrants, and people of color are disproportionately represented in these numbers as are young adults. President Joe Biden and Congress are counting on infrastructure…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Public Policy, Federal Legislation, Investment
Peer reviewedWhite, Erin; Shakibnia, Ariana F. – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2019
This article attempts to address the workforce crisis with implications for economic competitiveness and national defense faced by America and the dichotomy of STEM needs and available employees. Businesses struggle to fill critical skilled roles in STEM occupations and thus suffer sluggish growth. In fact, some estimate up to 2.4 million STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Trends, Labor Force, Futures (of Society)
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 2000
This report examines the human resources development and training dimensions of the gradual, but inexorable, shift towards knowledge-, skill-, and service-based economies and societies, and the stupendous growth of the information and communications technology sectors. Its four chapters explore the following: (1) globalization, technological…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Imel, Susan – 1990
The most significant factors affecting the labor market during the 1980s were the United States' loss of competitiveness in the world marketplace, continued shifts in production from goods to services, changes in the skill requirements of many jobs, and demographic shifts in the population. During the next decade, incompatibility between the type…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Career Education
Meyer, David P. – 1985
The issue of underemployment (a condition characterized by inadequate hours, inadequate income, and/or inadequate use of skills) is explored in this monograph. The methodology and vocabulary of underemployment are first examined, including a definition synthesis of hours worked, skill utilization, and compensation. The second section provides…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Career Development
