The Alaskan oil pipeline is the lure currently attracting Americans toAlaska; actually, job prospects are bleak--most jobs will be filled by permanent residents of Alaska, where the unemployment rate is very high. Jobs which cannot be filled by Alaskans will be filled from labor union sources. (AJ)

This report is the first in a series of analyses of the supply and demand of labor in Delaware. It is intended to inform administrators and planners in economic development, education, and employment and training of the direction and magnitude of employment change through projections of occupational and industrial growth and decline for the period…

The rates of return to investment in schooling, unadjusted for nonschooling factors, are examined for four census years by sex and race. In general, it was found that the social rates to whites' high school investment declined, college payoffs remained stable, and payoffs for graduate training rose sharply. (Author)

The author analyzes massive migrations of the late 1960's and early 1970's to the United States by reference to a Puerto Rican migration study indicating active employer recruitment efforts to relieve the labor shortage at the bottom of the labor market. (Adapted from a 1974 Industrial Relations Research Association conference paper.) (EA)

TO DECREASE THE TIME LOST BY MIGRATORY WORKERS BETWEEN JOBS AND TO PROVIDE EMPLOYERS WITH A DEPENDABLE LABOR SOURCE, THE ANNUAL WORKER PLAN HAS PLANNED COMPREHENSIVE ITINERARIES FOR MIGRANTS SINCE 1954. THREE METHODS ARE USED TO RECRUIT MIGRANT FARM WORKERS UNDER THIS PLAN -- (1) STATE AGENCIES ARRANGE AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH CREW LEADERS AND…

The view of human resources as a form of capital is not new, but it has only recently been thoroughly examined and explicitly incorporated into the stream of economic thought. In this book the author summarizes the work he has done in the field over the past decade. In particular the author addresses himself to two areas that have been neglected…

This report supplies summary statistics for 70 health occupations in 35 different health fields. The data was collected from such sources as educational programs, places of employment, and records of certification, licenses to practice, registration, and association memberships. In 1967 there were 34 million persons in health occupations. There…

The study conducted in the Buffalo, New York standard metropolitan statistical area, was undertaken to formulate and test a simple model of labor supply for a local labor market. The principal variables to be examined to determine the external supply function of labor to the establishment are variants of the rate of change of the entry wage and…

The final report on Phase 1 of the Manpower Projection Model (MPM) Project provides a guide for implementation of the model system by area Vocational Education Practitioners within any Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). A cooperative effort between Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Office and the Community College District, the…

In order to analyze the timing of labor force entry and withdrawal during the business cycle, this dissertation divides cycles into stages and studies the change in participation between stages. Refuting the common assumption that labor force sensitivity is unaffected by the level of economic activity, the study shows that the timing of movements…

Greater concern with unemployment in recent years has increased the need for accurate forecasting of future labor market requirements, in order to plan for vocational education and other manpower programs. However, past emphasis has been placed on labor demand, rather than supply, even though either side by itself is useless in determining skill…

Discussed is the changing role of women in the engineering profession. The author relates her twenty years of experience and outlook for the future. (CS)

Second in a series, this article discusses the applicability of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to those persons with an arrest or conviction record, who usually lack education and training and who encounter employment barriers. Some resource materials for CETA sponsors are given. (MF)

Considers industrial relations policies and practices of stevedore firms in the West Coast longshore industry in terms of the social worker, worker-resource, and institutional theories. Subsidiary firms were more lenient in contract interpretation and more competitive in recruitment, supporting the worker-resource theory. Includes 2 tables and 33…

In contrast with experiences of all other industrialized nations, the size of the labor force of the United States is growing rapidly while, simultaneously, its age, gender, and ethnic composition are changing markedly. Consequently, human resource issues present an unprecedented challenge in nation's quest to achieve fully employed and equitable…