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Fairlie, Robert W.; Kletzer, Lori G. – Monthly Labor Review, 1996
The job displacement rate for blacks converged to that for whites from 1982 to 1993. Over the same period, the rate for workers in white-collar occupations, in which blacks were underrepresented, rose, and that of blue-collar workers, in which blacks were overrepresented, fell. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Dislocated Workers
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Thomson, Allison – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
The services and retailing trade industry divisions will account for nearly three-fourths of all new jobs from 1998-2008, a continuation of the 1988-1998 pattern of employment growth. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Projections, Retailing, Service Occupations
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Engel, Cynthia – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
The accelerating employment growth in health services during the 1980s and early 1990s has slowed in recent years, but the industry continues to be a major source of new jobs in the United States. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns, Health Personnel
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Hecker, Daniel – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
High-technology employment, 14% of total employment, is projected to grow much faster than in the past due to employment gains in high-tech services and among suppliers to computer and electronic components manufacturers. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Employment Projections, Job Development
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Stamas, George D. – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
From 1978-79 incidence of long hours among full-time wage and salary workers dropped for the first time since the 1974-75 recession. Of those who worked long hours, about 43% received premium pay (time and one-half the regular wage for hours worked in excess of forty per week). Employers used overtime hours to cope with disequilibrium phenomena…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Education
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Kutscher, Ronald E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
Bureau of Labor Statistics projections show 21 million new jobs over the 1986-2000 period. Most new jobs will be in the service-producing industries. The Black and Hispanic labor force is estimated to increase much faster than that of whites. These projections have several important implications. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society)
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Silvestri, George T.; Lukasiewicz, John M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, there will be 139 million persons in the labor force in the year 2000; this represents a slowdown in the growth rate afer 1986. Minority groups are expected to increase their representation in the labor pool. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society)
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Sekscenski, Edward S. – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
Findings are presented from a May 1969 survey on the growing number of "moonlighters" in the work force: (1) one in twenty workers held more than one job during the survey week; (2) three of every ten multiple jobholders were women, nearly double the proportion of 1969; (3) the number of men with multiple jobs remained about the same; (4) the…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Career Education, Employed Women