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Peer reviewedHoyt, Kenneth B. – Career Development Quarterly, 1988
Notes that five-sixths of new workforce entrants between 1986 and 2000 will be women, minorities, and immigrants and that their career development needs must be met. Lists research-based generalizations concerning this issue and provides selected examples of statistics supporting each generalization. Concludes with comments regarding challenges…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employees, Futures (of Society), Immigrants
Dunn, Samuel L. – Training, 1985
Discusses a number of forces that will determine the labor supply and demand in the United States in the 1990s: growth in the economy, automation, national policy, immigration policies, changing family, and technical advances. Examines steps a company can take in relation to these forces and makes suggestions concerning future labor needs. (CT)
Descriptors: Automation, Economic Factors, Employment Projections, Family Influence
Harvey, Edward B.; McShane, Steven L. – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1980
The Canadian educational system has tended to reinforce the idea that white-collar jobs are more desirable than blue-collar jobs. A study examined various organizational factors which have implications for industrial training, and indicated that the benefits of industrial training and employment in the skilled trades should be more widely…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Download full textPozo, Susan, Ed. – 1986
Major issues of the debate that led to the passage of an immigration reform bill are discussed and analyzed in this collection of six papers that were delivered as public lectures at Western Michigan University during the 1984-85 academic year. The essays reflect a broad range of views on the effects of immigration on the United States economy and…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Employment Practices, Foreign Workers
Population Crisis Committee, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report discusses population trends abroad and their relation to immigration pressures and policies in the United States. The following sections are included: (1) "Two Major Waves of Immigration"; (2) "The U.S.--A Major Host Nation for Permanent Immigrants"; (3) "Changing Sources of Immigrants to the United…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Immigrants
Enchautegui, Maria E. – 2001
The entry of working welfare mothers into the labor market will have an impact on the wages and employment of low-skilled workers. This impact was examined through a labor market analysis of available statistical data about the U.S. population and employment patterns. The characteristics of workers likely to enter the labor market because of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Economic Impact
