The social and economic development of the country was subjected to serious trials in 2009. The world financial and economic crisis had a negative effect on the main basic indicators of the economy. This had an immediate impact on the social labor sphere. Many social indicators went downhill. In particular, that led to a decline in real wages and…

Comparing the papers on the Korean and the U.S. situations leads to interesting conclusions. Cho and Shin argue that the recent crisis did not create huge problems in the labor market because Korea was firstly in a fundamentally sound economic situation and secondly took adequate anti-crisis measures, in particular by stabilizing internal demand.…

The changing role of Japanese women can be seen in the stages of a domestic labor debate which occurred at three different times in the past 30 years. The first debate began with Ayako Ishigaki's (1955) insistence that women should have a job outside the home. Wartime production helped break down traditional divisions of labor by encouraging women…

This paper discusses recent histories of labor shortages in Singapore, Japan, and several western European countries. Emphasis is upon the economic effects of severe shortages of labor. Fearing that these shortages would seriously handicap further economic progress, many people in these countries have advocated large-scale immigration or increased…

Lack of long-range planning diminishes use of manpower policy as economic tool. (Editor)

In determining the contribution of education to economic growth, Denison omitted occupational education because it "would have but little effect." He estimates that education accounted for 23 percent of the 2.93 percentage point rate of growth of national product from 1929-1957 and 12 percent of the 1909-1929 growth. This research has two main…

Provides a diagrammatic analysis of S. D. Gerking and J. H. Mutti's framework, illustrating their results and demonstrating additional results. Shows how the out-migration of labor from a country affects wage rates and flow of capital. Aids courses in international trade, economic development, and regional economics. (SLM)

This document is the first of a projected series of reports that explores a statewide solution to the problems of work force quality in Texas. This initial report describes the current status of the Texas work force and introduces the concept of the Human Investment System as a means to improve that status by making human investment and…

This paper discusses the mission of the market-responsive community college. These colleges include mid- and high-level workforce training in their curriculum. Some of the characteristics of a market-responsive community college detailed here include: (1) allocating resources to develop training programs; (2) reaching out to businesses and other…

This work presents the concerns and conclusions of the World Employment Conference held in Geneva in 1976. It includes a formerly published article which summarizes the preparatory work, discussions which took place, and the main results of the Conference. The organizers hoped that the Conference would propose national and international strategies…

During the last decade, the manufacture of commodities has become increasingly simple, and as a result, has increasingly been exported from the United States to low-wage regions of the world. On the other hand, the U.S. economy has become increasingly service oriented, with service-sector jobs growing rapidly while manufacturing jobs decline. In…

Two elements were identified as being of paramount importance in the examination of manpower policy in Denmark: (1) the division of responsibilities for matters of direct concern to the labor market between different branches of government and the social partners--an important facet of the social framework of a country, and (2) the impact of…

The growing gap between the skill requirements of jobs and workers' capabilities, the slow growth of the U.S. work force, and the demands of a global economy will reshape the work force in Ohio. To meet these challenges, the Governor's Human Resources Advisory Council proposes as its mission the achievement and maintenance of a high performance…

This report summarizes the work of the Jobs for Indiana's Future (JIF) program, designed to provide the Indiana Commission on Vocational and Technical Education (ICVTE) with assistance in planning for the future by enhancing ICVTE's capacity to guide Indiana's human capital investment strategy. The JIF program undertook an extensive analysis of…

This report contains five papers with discussions identifying policy and research issues in rural labor markets, assessing the adequacy of existing data and theories for researching these issues, and assigning priorities to research questions. The papers focus on rural economic goals, market linkages with metropolitan, national, and international…