The science and engineering (S&E) labor force helps to create and advance our scientific and technological knowledge, transform these advances into goods and services, and fuel America's economy, security, and quality of life. This report details several aspects of the U.S. S&E workforce, including growth, demographic makeup, earnings, and…

Data indicate that women's experience in the labor market is substantially different from men's. Women work in different sectors for fewer hours; women have lower rates of education and literacy; and women are more likely to be unemployed, underemployed, or outside the labor force. (JOW)

Attacks society's prejudices about what occupations are suitable for women, and proposes multipurpose counseling centers. (Author)

The author discusses several facets of the labor force based on 1978 data--seasonal and year-round workers; Blacks, Whites, Hispanics; men and women; occupational change; unemployment; and factors such as age--as they relate to employment. Data tables are included. (CT)

A survey on work experience of the population shows that the median income of families with an unemployed member was 21 percent lower than that of families without unemployment. (Author)

The first two-thirds of the document is a bibliography on women in the labor market which is divided into 27 categories and sub-categories, the major headings of which are: historical perspective, the supply of female labor in the labor market, earnings of women workers, occupations of women workers (covers occupational distribution, academic and…

This collection of articles on technological change discusses female workers displaced by automation in Canada and Japan; robotics in German automobile manufacturing; union concerns about technology in Europe and Japan; privacy of personal data in Sweden; small business legislation in the United States; and productivity improvement in textile and…

This pamphlet summarizes the statistics on women which are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and indicates where the data may be found. The sources indicated in this document represent a wide variety of publications, including press releases, periodicals, bulletins, and reports. The information is divided into the following four areas:…

Describes labor market developments in 1985 for major age-sex, race-ethnic, industrial, and occupational groups. It also examines the performance of key employment and unemployment indicators in cyclical terms and evaluates selected developments from a secular perspective. Data discussed in this article come from two sources: household interviews…

This report begins with a 40-year history of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, focusing on such activities as volunteer action, communication with the nation's employers, participation in development of Federal regulations, publications, local conferences, assistance to employers concerned about substance abuse, and…

A survey of postwar recessions shows that the increasing proportion of service sector jobs has moderated overall employment declines and that women in nontraditional jobs, Blacks, and youths bear a disproportionate share of job losses. (LRA)

The feasibility of policies encouraging more part-time employment as a cure for unemployment in Germany was examined through a comparison of the employment policies and labor markets of selected Organization for Economic Development (OECD) countries and the United States. OECD labor force statistics for the years 1972-1992 were analyzed to…

To test the economic theory of job search and the rationality of job search behavior by unemployed married women, the importance of reservation wages (or wages requested for employment) was studied for its effect on the duration of unemployment and its relationship to the subsequent rate of pay upon reemployment. Models were established to explain…

There is a shortfall in the provision of guidance programs to meet the specific educational and vocational needs of girls and women in Asia and the Pacific. Unemployment rates of women are higher than those of men, the lack of articulation between vocational education and the realities of the labor market lead to unemployment, and the narrow range…