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Magvas, Emil; Spitznagel, Eugen – 2002
Surveys by the Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) of German firms' job openings have been combined with job registry data from the Bundesanstalt fur Arbeit on an annual basis since 1989 in order to determine the scope and structure of the aggregate national supply of job openings. The surveys also indicated problems encountered…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Developed Nations, Economic Impact, Employment Opportunities
Scanlon, William J. – 2001
The General Accounting Office examined existing and anticipated concerns related to the recruitment and retention of nurse and nurses aides. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of the problem: (1) factors contributing to the current and anticipated shortage among nurses; (2) what is known about the current and projected supply of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Compensation (Remuneration), Demand Occupations, Demography
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
The responses to a 1999 study of Australian employers and an examination of skill shortages by Australia's Department for Employment, Work Relations, and Small Business were analyzed to identify issues affecting skill demand and supply in Australia's education and training sector. The following were among the key findings: (1) in recent years, the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2002
This document contains the text of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, which amends the Public Health Service Act to address the increasing shortage of registered nurses by instituting a series of policies to improve nurse recruitment and nurse retention. Title I details two initiatives to boost recruitment of nurses. The first initiative includes the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Ladders, Change Strategies
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2002
A work group consisting of representatives of public agencies, education, the health care industry, and unions and professional associations was formed to examine education and training issues related to the shortage of health care workers in Washington state. The group concluded that the shortage of available workers in many health care…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Change Strategies, Cultural Pluralism, Delivery Systems
Mansuy, Michele; Couppie, Thomas; Fetsi, Anastasia; Scatoli, Carlo; Mooney, Paul; van den Brande, Godelieve – 2001
The transition from education to working life in the European Union (EU) was examined through a review of data from the following sources: the European Labour Force Survey; The Vocational Education and Training Data Collection (an annual collection of data produced by Eurostat); and national data supplied to the European Training Foundation by…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. NOICC Training Support Center. – 1991
This document contains highlights from a conference focused on helping the United States meet current and future workplace needs in a rapidly changing economy in which occupational information and career development skills are becoming more and more crucial. The report is organized in five sections: conference highlights; selected workshop…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Action Research, Adolescents, Career Development
Rasell, M. Edith; Appelbaum, Eileen – 1992
Past investments in the U.S. work force--early childhood interventions, formal education, and training--have improved productivity and made important contributions both to the wages of individuals and to the growth of the economy. Excellent, comprehensive prenatal care, good nutrition, medical care, and intensive early childhood education programs…
Descriptors: Competition, Continuing Education, Early Intervention, Economic Development
Drewes, Donald W.; Bice, Garry R. – 1981
In order to be maximally effective, an occupational information system (OIS) designed to support vocational education planning, administration, and client services should contain information dealing with energy, women in the work force, productivity, population demographics, equal opportunity, civil rights, coordination and linkage, new and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demand Occupations
Office of Human Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
This report includes annual reports from both the Department of Labor on employment and training requirements, resources, and utilization and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on facilities utilization and employment and training program coordination. First is a description of the current administration's five basic labor market…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged
Feldbaum, Eleanor G.; Levitt, Morris J. – 1980
This report focuses on nursing educational and practice issues that government officials may have to address in the near future. The report provides statistical information on nurses, compares statistics for white and black nurses, and recommends policies for the future. Data was gathered for the report during a three-year study of 5,175…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Career Choice, Career Ladders
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
Colwell, N. P. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
This bulletin reports on the status of medical education in the United States for the years 1926-1928. During the past two years the number of medical schools recognized by the American Medical Association has been reduced from 80 to 74. Reports to the American Medical Association show that the enrollment of medical students has increased from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Haveman, Robert H.; Bershadker, Andrew; Schwabish, Jonathan A. – 2003
This book provides an introduction to earnings capacity (EC), a measurement of human capital, and its application to a research study of potential earned annual income over a 25-year period. Focus is on qualitative aspects of EC such as race, age, gender and education and its utilization. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 reviews existing…
Descriptors: Capital, Definitions, Demography, Economic Development
Freeman, Jennifer; Taylor, Judith Combes – 2002
This document is the first in a series of two reports on demand-led strategies to support welfare-to-work clients. The authors believe employment retention programs that demonstrate they can meet the needs of employers for effective employees follow a demand-led approach, which has the potential to expand the opportunities available to welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills
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