This report investigates the possible use of government subsidies for firms locating in urban poverty areas as a means of improving employment opportunities for the urban disadvantaged. Arguments in favor of incentives, emphasizing the need to avoid wasting manpower and to protect developing industries while inducing further industrialization, are…

This annotated bibliography is intended to contribute toward an understanding of labor and migration, both of which have helped to shape our nation. A total of 131 works, including a few periodicals and newspapers, focus on immigration and internal migration as it affects organized and unorganized labor. (BH)

The study indicates that jobs in astronomy have become severely limited in the last few years, with a near balance between supply and demand of astronomers. The following issues are assessed in this study: the current supply of astronomers in the United States, and its change as a function of time; the background and make-up of astronomers in the…

Examines the overall distribution of physicists with particular reference to the future market possibilities, especially for those prepared to take the necessary role of scientifically educated entrepreneurs. (Author/PR)

This bibliography presents 208 citations of periodical articles, monographs, research reports, and related documents which pertain to health manpower planning and range in date from 1952 to 1969. Listings are arranged alphabetically by author. (SB)

A college degree is no longer the one-way ticket to success and fortune that it was considered in the past. This document deals with three specific aspects of adjustment of manpower production to demands for manpower: (1) What responses are being made by the academic community and by state governments to problems of changing demand for…

Comments by representatives of women's organizations from 12 socialist countries participating in a seminar held in Moscow are presented. The statements concern the participation of women in productive work and government planning to enable women with children to work outside the home. (LH)

Because of increasing shortages of accountants, the profession is opening up rapidly to blacks and women. Many more blacks would enter accounting if college counselors informed them of the available opportunities. (BH)

People with epilepsy have often been discriminated against when seeking employment. This is caused by negative attitudes of employers towards persons with epilepsy. Negative attitudes can be changed by publicizing activities of programs employing epileptics, promoting job opportunities, and educating employers about control of seizures and work…

The document consists of a report submitted to the Senate by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service regarding S.792, a bill to provide increased part-time employment opportunities by executive agencies of the United States government. The purpose of S.792 is to declare as policy that a certain regulated proportion of all positions in the…

Considers first work in modern industry that uses very directly professional knowledge and skills of the physicist, then considers work which requires scientific knowledge and skills, and finally suggests other fields of work in industry which, though traditionally not filled by physicists, nevertheless offer rewarding work and provide…

Two surveys of 1972 graduates of the University of Texas at Arlington, representing a college labor market, indicate a high degree of inefficiency in manpower utilization caused by lack of information, poor dissemination of information at decision-making times, and sex discrimination. (JH)

Opportunities for university graduates with mathematics and science backgrounds are discussed. Statistics concerning the occupational disposition of graduates as of the date of their graduation are presented. (JP)