In recent years, legislative changes, new types of retirement plans, and increases in life expectancy have led to differences in retirement ages. More older adults continue to work. The traditional model of social security, savings, and employer retirement benefits is changing. (Contains 31 notes and references.) (SK)

Presents new projections for the 1995 labor force with alternative demographic and economic assumptions. Lists significant changes in the labor force trends reflecting the aging of the baby-boom generation and the growth of the Black population. (NRJ)

A growth rate of 1.1% is projected for the labor force to 2005. Faster growth is projected for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and other groups. Manufacturing and administrative support occupations are expected to decline. Service occupations will account for 12 million of the increase in jobs. (SK)

Today, the work force is employed in different industries, retiring earlier, and living longer, factors not always considered in design of retirement benefits. Changes in pension plans need to recognize increasing job mobility, inflation over a longer retirement period, and trends in personal savings. (SK)

Examines some of the changes in the military that have resulted from the all-volunteer armed forces. Compares labor force data that include the military with traditional statistics that measure the civilian labor market. (SK)

Although employment growth in the child day care service industry is projected to be among the fastest in the economy over the 1988-2000 period, the rate of growth should slow as demographic pressures ease. (Author)

The effect of changes in metropolitan area definition and poverty area boundaries was analyzed. Between 1972 and 1989, the poor became less concentrated in high poverty areas. However, the numbers of poor people and the national poverty rate in 1989 remained higher than in the 1970s. (SK)

Role of work in our society will change; fertility patterns will affect the direction of change and the climate in which choices will be made. (Editor)

U.S. labor force projections from 1950-2050 indicate slower growth in the labor force; changes in its gender, age, and racial composition; and a decrease in the economic dependency ratio that will reverse itself in the next decade. (JOW)

Discusses recent labor force trends and how they affect research methodology. Tables are included which indicate new estimates and trends in worklife expectancy, measures of labor force mobility, and trends in mobility rates. (CT)

Gives overall labor force projections with a closer look at 3 groups with significant changes: men age 25-54, people 55 and over, and women 20-44. Depicts projected population changes and implications of the projections in terms of median age of the labor force, age composition of the population, and economic dependency ratios. (SK)

Involuntary part-time workers (those who would prefer full-time jobs) account for most of the growth in part-time work since 1970. This increase appears to stem from employer demand for a low-wage, low-skill, flexible work force. (SK)

By 2005, the labor force is expected to increase by 24 million. Working women's growth rate is expected to slow but still increase faster than men's. Different racial/ethnic groups are projected to have widely varied labor force growth rates. (SK)

Charts the labor force participation rates of students; out-of-school youth; White, Black, and Hispanic youth; recent high school graduates; and dropouts. (SK)