The influx of baby boomers into the job market exerted considerable upward pressure on the unemployment rate during the 1960s and 1970s; the maturing of this large population group helped lower the rate in the 1980s and should do so again in the 1990s. (Author)

Reasons for the slow development of collective bargaining on campuses include: (1) negative attitude held by most professors regarding unionism, (2) oversupply of professors in the labor market, and (3) union difficulties in organizing professors. (Excerpted from a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research…

As the economy grew in the mid-1900s, job loss declined and the rate of reemployment rose. Job losses that did occur were more widely dispersed across industries and occupations than in earlier years. (Author)

U.S. Department of Labor agencies are providing technical assistance to help Polish workers adjust to a market economy, especially the new experience of unemployment. (Author)

Discusses two books, "Restructuring the Soviet Economy: In Search of the Market" and "In Search of Flexibility: The New Soviet Labour Market," that assess the success of perestroika and the transition to a market-based economy. (JOW)

Employment rose substantially, and unemployment declined in 1993. However, parts of the workforce suffered from the adverse effects of the recent economic contraction. Unemployment resulting from permanent job loss and long-term unemployment continued at high levels. (JOW)

Employment and the labor force both expanded during 1972; the unemployment rate went down but still averaged 5.6 percent. (MF)

Studies the Bureau of Labor Statistics' moderate-growth economic and employment projections for the years through 1995. These are marked by a period of recovery from the 1982 recession, followed by stable economic growth through the mid-1990s. (NRJ)

Discusses the now defunct monthly survey of labor turnover, predominantly in manufacturing. The statistics were used primarily for economic and labor market analysis and for research. The program's major shortcoming was its limited scope--its coverage was not representative of overall economic behavior. (JOW)

From 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries. Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation whereas Japan and Europe had much weaker employment gains. (Contains 35 references.) (Author/JOW)

"Gross flow" data from the Current Population Survey help to identify the labor market movements that underlie changes in the monthly rates of male and female unemployment over the past two decades. (Author)

There is not enough evidence to conclude either that many college graduates are employed in jobs that do not require a degree or that there is a shortage of college graduates in the labor market. (JOW)

Surveys of the multimedia and digital visual effects industry in southern California reveal that its workers are predominantly young, white, highly educated, and well paid. Most of them originated from outside the region, but their labor market activities are characterized by complex social networks. (Author)

Shows how job growth slowed dramatically in 1995, but the unemployment rate remained little changed. Discusses trends in nonfarm payroll employment by industry and changes in employment status of people in various demographic and occupational groups. (Author)

As the unemployment rate edged down to a 31-year low, the job market entered an unprecedented 10th year of expansion, though job growth slowed, especially in construction and service industries. The labor market improved for minority workers, who slightly closed the unemployment rate gap with white workers. (Contains 102 notes and references.)…