This report provides current and historical labor force information about young people ages 16 to 24. In general, youth have a lower rate of labor force participation, and those who are in the labor force are less likely to gain employment than older workers. On the labor supply side, young people are making greater investments in education by…

The U.S. system of employment and unemployment statistics is fundamentally sound, but needs many significant expansions and refinements of the data. This article reports on the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics' recommendations and the secretary of labor's response. (CT)

This report indicates that although during the last 55 years the ranks of women workers have risen from only one out of five to two out of five of all workers, the profile of the average woman worker has greatly changed from that of a 28-year-old single factory worker or clerk of 1920 to that of a 35-year-old woman of today who may be found in any…

Evaluates the projections of 1980 economic activity and industry output and employment. Discusses errors in employment projections (especially in underestimations of employment) and determines sources of errors. (SK)

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)

Discusses the definitions of contingent workers and alternative work arrangements used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to analyze data, and presents aggregate estimates of the number of workers in each group. Discusses the overlap between contingent workers and workers in alternative arrangements. (Author/JOW)

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)

Lists Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries with corresponding data on: area; agricultural area; population; labor force; unemployment rate; civilian employment; gross domestic produce; currency; imports; exports; consumer prices; industrial production change for 1983; infant mortality; public expenditure…

A proposed new age-adjusted measure for calculating labor force participation rate eliminates the effect of changes in the age distribution. According to the new criterion, increases in women's labor force participation from 1960-2000 would have been even greater of shifts in the age distribution had not occurred. (Contains 12 references.) (JOW)

Women are reported to work for the same reasons men do--to provide for the welfare of themselves, their families, or others. Statistics from the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, quoted for white and minority women workers, show that despite unfavorable economic conditions in the first quarter of 1975, an average of nearly…

Comparison of detailed occupational structure of the labor force over four censuses shows that in all four majority of workers were employed in small number of occupations; 1950s-70s saw significant shifts of 10-15 percent of labor force into different occupational categories; and 1980s share of labor force for most occupations was substantially…

This Special Labor Force Report of March 1973, shows a continued decline in labor force participation rates of married men and an increase in rates of married women with young children. It also explores the trends of husbands' and wives' labor force participation, as well as labor force activity of other groups, such as women heads of families and…

Dramatic changes in the labor force mean that businesses will have to become more flexible to compete in the 1990s. Advances in automation, baby boomers, and women entering the labor force are increasing the demand for adult education. (Author)

These employment projections provide information about trends to aid decision makers in such areas as career counseling, planning for training and education, and policymaking. Charts show total employment, employment projections by occupation and industry, projected changes in gross domestic product, and growth and composition of the labor force.…

Latin Americans are displacing Blacks in the most menial and low paying positions as a rapidly increasing percentage of the various categories of dirty work are being occupied by Spanish speaking people. As Blacks move into less menial and better paying positions, a new underclass of Spanish speaking immigrant workers is being created. (Author/NQ)