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)

The significant imbalance between individual demand for higher education and societal demand for highly educated labor, leading to unemployment and underemployment of the intelligentsia, poses serious socioeconomic and psychological problems for individuals and society. Both an alternative to the human capital theory and analysis of government…

The World Employment Report indicates that the number of unemployed and underemployed workers around the world has never been higher and will grow as a result of the financial crisis in Asia and other parts of the world. Worker training provides an effective means to resolve this problem. (Author/JOW)

The proceedings of a House of Representatives joint task force on the relationship of Federal budget policy to unemployment are presented. The hearings include statements from a representative of the United States Catholic Conference, economists of the Urban Institute, the vice president of the Committee for Economic Development, and a…

Levitan (Chairman of the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics) and Belous question the usefulness and accuracy of current methods of compiling unemployment statistics. Better measurements of labor market performance are crucial because of the ways such data are used to allocate funds and to form policies for combatting…

Economic changes since 1975 have resulted in a vastly different workplace where a college degree is only a "ticket to compete." Competition, productivity, and unemployment, educated and underemployed, unemployment, debt, the labor market, and vocational survival are discussed. (MLW)

The conventional approach to analysis of employment problems in the modern sector, namely comparison of workforce supply and demand, is inapplicable in the traditional sector, where a distinction needs to be made between the concepts of workforce underutilization and its availability. The author discusses these concepts and presents their policy…

Examination of the employment situation of South Africa's recent university graduates finds many are taking jobs of lower status and income than graduates of previous periods, resulting in underemployment. A study of employment levels and labor demand in 812 companies suggests strategic enrollment management could play an important role in…

After the failures of manpower planning, research shows that investment in primary and general secondary education yields greater returns than investment in more costly vocational/higher education. To be more effective, investment in vocational education should be more influenced by the individual with greater private sector provision.…

Improving the relationship between academics and employers depends less on what courses students take than on what the work world has to offer. The division of life into youth for education, maturity for work, and older-age for neither must be reexamined so as to better utilize society's human resources. (AF)

In discussing the role of education in assuring equity of opportunity for greater social and economic mobility, the conflicts among equity, open access, and the oversupply of educated labor are recognized. It is proposed that colleges can deal with these difficulties through improved advisement, instruction, and certification procedures. (AF)

Faulty laws, unfair practices, and years of tradition in the workplace keep women from economic equality. The Economic Equity Act proposed by Congress will address inequalities in tax and retirement matters, the need for better dependent care, nondiscrimination in insurance, regulatory reform, and child support enforcement. (IS)

The United States requires a coordinated, national approach to human resource development that will result in the establishment of priorities, detailed planning, and the full use of public and private resources backed by adequate state and federal funding. Problems of unemployment, underemployment, skilled worker shortages, national defense needs…

The labor market for persons who continue their education beyond high school is projected for 1985. After a brief discussion of the probable changes in the occupational distribution of new entrants by occupation, attention is directed to likely trends in wages of younger workers. Also considered are projections concerning underemployment of…

This paper is an attempt to forecast for 1990 the following: (1) employment structures in the member countries of the Council of Europe for all three major sectors of the economy; and (2) employment structures in the Council of Europe for the nine major sectors of the manufacturing industry (food, textiles, leather and clothing, wood and…