This pamphlet describes a conference that brought together more than 40 leading practitioners and researchers from l4 states and the nation's capital to address the challenges posed by the fundamental changes affecting the nation's economy. Three sessions discussed critical policy questions confronting researchers and practitioners. The first…

This document is a thematically organized summary of the proceedings of a seminar that included presentations and reactions to presentations by a field of international researchers on the effects of worldwide structural change on employment, education, and training in the service sector. The papers presented are part of a 10-country study of labor…

These 10 papers were commissioned for a conference to discuss such questions as: If the military has to restructure its work force, how easily will it manage this transition? How well will the affected employees do in the labor market? and How will the defense industry and educational institutions respond to the need for transition? After an…