The study is an evaluation of the utility of manpower forecasting in the United States as a basis for manpower, education, and health policy. It examines the methodology employed and the scope of analysis in nearly 400 forecasts made in the period 1965-73. It assesses the adequacy of the theoretical and empirical knowledge base for forecasting in…

This annotated bibliography is a printed version of the automated bibliography available through the Labor Market Division of the California State Department of Employment Development. The database focuses on farm labor issues and includes 1,611 sources of information including bibliographies, research studies, trade journals, and books published…

Part of an ongoing effort to maintain a record of research based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS), this document contains approximately 1,600 summaries of NLS-based journal articles, working papers, and dissertations that have been published over the past 20 years. It couples newly found research for…

Intended as a companion piece to volume 3 in the Method Series, Health Manpower Planning (CE 024 231), this third of six volumes in the International Health Planning Reference Series is a combined literature review and annotated bibliography dealing with health manpower planning for developing countries. The review identifies literature relevant…

The 10-page bibliography is a selective list of reports completed under contracts and grants from the Manpower Administration, Office of Research and Development. The reports are based on comprehensive and innovative research and development projects and are listed under the following headings: (1) Use and training of paraprofessionals; (2)…

This booklet covering health manpower literature is divided into four sections. First, health manpower indicators are presented, such as estimated employment in selected potentially entry-level health occupations. Next follows a paper entitled "Regionalization of Health Insurance in Italy." The third section consists of five book…

A companion volume to "Physicians in the Making: Personal, Academic, and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Medical Students from 1950 to 2000" is presented. Five major types of information are presented: backup, year-by-year statistics for the 46 tables and 16 figures in "Physicians in the Making," including data from 1950 through 1982 and…

This document, which is intended as the companion to a two-volume study of European trends in the development of occupations and qualifications, contains reference materials to assist policymakers and practitioners in accessing research findings and formulations on key issues of training and development. The document begins with an overview of the…