The current labor market is plagued by skills and wage gaps. Schools must ensure that students graduate with skills that are in demand. (JOW)

A study was conducted using panel data on individuals (from the Panel Survey on Income Dynamics) to examine how local labor demand conditions affect the economic well-being of disadvantaged groups and the poor. The study assumed that growth in the metropolitan economy particularly helps disadvantaged individuals. A regression model using pooled…

A study examined public attitudes toward entrepreneurs and small business owners and people's perceptions of the entrepreneurial character and challenge. Information was gathered from two surveys, composed of three samples, conducted in 1985. Samples included: (1) 1,001 persons contacted through random telephone dialing; (2) 250 telephone…

Discusses the need for scientists in society and examines the present and future job market in scientific fields. (JR)

POPULATION GROWTH, INCREASING ABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE, AND THE GROWING ABILITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS TO PROVIDE MORE AND BETTER SERVICES ARE BASIC TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTIONS OF INCREASED NEED--(1) HEALTH PERSONNEL WITHIN THE HEALTH INDUSTRY, FROM 3.7 TO 5.35 MILLION, AND OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRY, FROM 400,000 TO 500,000, (2)…

TO PROVIDE THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH A BASIS FOR FUTURE DECISIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR AIRCRAFT PILOTS, AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT MECHANICS, AND ELECTRONIC, RADIO, AND RADAR TECHNICIANS, A THREE-STATE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTION WAS MADE FOR THESE OCCUPATIONS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO ADMINISTRATORS IN…

This report updates the labor market information available for planning vocational education programs at the local and regional levels in Pennsylvania. To help identify occupational shortages, the report provides supply and demand statistics and projected 1975 employment by occupation for the 15 major labor market areas in the state. Additional…

This study presents estimates of the wage elasticities of demand for state and local government employees. Almost uniformly each functional category of state and local government employee's employment level is shown to be statistically significantly negatively related to the category real and relative wage level. However, the magnitude of these…

For more than three centuries, college graduates have enjoyed a preferred place in the U. S. job market. The report evaluates predictions about the future job market and indicates necessary adjustments for campuses, public policy, employers, and young people themselves. The appendices contain statistical tables related to the text, and previous…

This report defines manpower planning and explains its current popularity. The experiences of individual businesses are used to develop techniques for projecting manpower supply and demand and future manpower needs. The role of manpower in the corporate plan is considered. (BH)

A rational manpower policy must seek to create jobs as well as to provide training for unemployed workers. The creation of new jobs has been hindered, however, by the observed tendency of employers to substitute overtime hours for additional employees, even while substantial unemployment exists. Although a large proportion of overtime hours is due…

Those holding the Ph.D. in physics, just as those holding advanced degrees in many other fields, are graduating out of the academic world and finding themselves jobless when they do so. The decrease in federal funding has been directly responsible for the standstill in net employment in government and national laboratories and in nonfaculty…

The study of manpower requirements has received much attention since 1960, but it may be argued that the results of these studies did not come up to the expectations of those involved in the conduct of manpower research. The high percentage of unemployed professionals we are now experiencing brings us to formulate vigorous objections toward…

Vocational education programs must provide for the development of competencies required by the labor market. Long-range planning is required to offset the time lags inherent in program development. This report forecasts the potential total vocational education enrollment in a statewide comprehensive school system and the potential enrollment in…

Describes factors affecting employment in various occupational categories and presents the "Job Outlook in Brief," a 16-page listing of changes in employment, 1982-1995, as well as employment prospects, arranged by occupational clusters. (SK)