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ERIC Number: ED256961
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-May-20
Pages: 142
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Specific Technological Assumptions Affecting the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 1995 Employment Projections. Report to the Honorable Berkeley Bedell, United States House of Representatives.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
This report begins with a brief description of the process that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses to develop its employment projections. It then provides detailed information on specific technological assumptions that BLS used in projecting 1995 employment levels for certain industries and occupations. Information is also included on the actual and projected employment levels for these industries and occupations, as well as a discussion and summary of the documents that BLS maintains to develop its assumptions and employment projections. Eight enclosures amount to 125 pages. Enclosure I contains assumptions regarding the 59 durable goods industries as defined by BLS. General and technological assumptions as well as rates of development and dispersal are provided. Similar information is contained in enclosure II, consisting of assumptions regarding the 40 highest growth occupations as defined by BLS. Information for each of the 59 durable goods industries and each of the 40 largest growth occupations contained in enclosures III and IV shows 1982 actual employment, 1995 projected employment, the differences between 1982 actual and 1995 projected employment levels, and percentage of change. Enclosures V and VI offer categorizations of documents retained by BLS for the durable goods industries and for the 40 largest growth occupations. Enclosures VII and VIII contain correspondence. (YLB)
U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility, P. O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (First five free; additional copies: $3.25 bound, $1.00 unbound).
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A