Because of its complex, multidimensional causes, unemployment is unlikely to be reduced significantly as a result of improved employability achieved through career education. (Author)

Principal sources of data on employment and earnings or income are outlined here. Among them are Labor Department data sources, Labor Department publications, census publications from 1970 census, and the Social Security administration. (Author/AM)

A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) economist describes two BLS program surveys measuring working hours data and economic trends: the Current Employment Statistics Survey (from payroll surveys) and the Current Population Survey (from household surveys). From different data, both series indicate very similar economic forces. (MF)

A survey of students graduating from a social policy program was taken to determine students' work affiliations after graduation, and to compare their situations before and after graduation. The findings indicated differences in work affiliations and experiences, with a large percentage entering the social policy field. (Author/BH)

The structure of nonmetro employment has become increasingly diverse and decreasingly agricultural. The precise policy implications of these shifts are not self-evident, but the increasingly nonagricultural character of the rural economy is at the heart of the population turnaround. (Author/KR)

Outlines relationships between ethnic stratification, the economic status of a country, and the typical nature of demographic change. Notes that in ethnically stratified societies some lower socioeconomic groups have a demographic opportunity to move into a middle niche. Examines Asian and colored groups in South Africa and demographic differences…

Certain recent social and economic changes are discussed that have an impact on the development of in-service training programs. Case studies from several countries are compared. (MP)

Outlines objectives and conclusions of a 1977 seminar for trade union officials and other specialists in labor relations on Europe and the trade unions in the next decade. Continuing economic problems and increasing economic interdependence between societies call for international labor cooperation in employment planning. (MF)

Utilizing data on the work experience of women, the authors examine both the empirical specification of human capital models of earnings in the presence of discontinuous work experience over the life cycle and simultaneous-equations models of wage determination and labor supply. (EM)

Analyzes the effects of changes in the composition of the work force and in government policies toward work since the 1960s. Today there are stronger concerns for the compatibility of work with life values and for individual rights in work. (Author/AV)

Analyzes the relationship between education and labor market activity and examines differences in educational attainment among the various demographic groups in the labor force as well as among the major regions of the country. (TA)

Hypothesizes that the nature and availability of particular kinds of employment determine other aspects of adolescence and dependency. Data concerning Orillia, Canada, during the nineteenth century, indicate that changes in occupational structure related to age at marriage, patterns of school attendance, and place of residence. (Author/AV)

Young (N=38) and 2( older career changers in business-managerial occupations were compared to 45 young and 40 older vocationally stable controls with respect to several characteristics. Results showed career changers were characterized by high incongruity, emotional maladjustment, and fear of failure, and low differentiation and consistency of…

Discusses major changes in the national immigration policy which are reflected in immigration trends during the past twelve years, noting that the effects of these changes on the labor force and employment have focused increased attention on the need for a more adequate data collection system. (MF)

Argues that the solution to the problem of the discriminatory impact of layoffs on the work forces to employers with a history of past discrimination lies not in an attack on seniority but in avoidance of layoff, not in formulas for the order of layoff but in devices for distributing available work. (JT)