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Social Indicators III contains a wealth of information on the nation's employment and unemployment trends in the postwar period. This chapter examines the particular problems of rising unemployment and diminishing productivity growth in the 1970s and their relation to demographic changes in the labor force of this period. The expansion of youth and adult women's participation in the work force during the 1970s is described as compounding the problems of an economy wracked by energy shortages and inflation. Pressures from this source are expected to diminish in the decade ahead. The prospects for improvements in the economy related to this are reviewed along with the likelihood of new problems emerging to affect the American work force of the 1980s. A better understanding of these and other labor market problems in the decade ahead will be one of the payoffs to changes planned in the nation's labor force data system in response to the recommendations of a presidential commission. These changes are described.

Problems of rising unemployment & diminishing productivity in the 1970s are examined in relation to demographic changes in the LF. The problems of energy shortages & inflation were compounded by the expansion of youth & the increases in F participation in the LF. Some improvement in the economic outlook for the 1980s is likely, as the national LF will grow more slowly. However, this advantage may be offset by increased competition among qualified workers for better positions & an accompanying dissatisfaction among workers whose talents & educations are not adequately used. Implications for labor policy are discussed. Modified HA.

"Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides relevant and useful knowledge that should help African leaders and donor agencies find answers to this question. An update of a World Bank Policy Paper on technical and vocational education and training (TVET), this review assesses a decade's progress on TVET development and reform. The study puts into an African context the Bank's earlier work on TVET, explores issues and recent developments, and reviews recent literature and policy studies. Without being prescriptive, the book provides a comprehensive review of the challenges facing skills development in Africa today and the lessons learned over the past decade."--Jacket

ABSTRACT The period 1966 to 1976 was a decade of change, contrast and challenge. In this article a model is developed and estimated contrasting the labor market experiences of young men who participated in post‐school occupational training during this period with those young men who did not participate. Participation in post‐school forms of occupational training is identified as a significant contributor to individual labor market success during the period and racial differences in returns to training participation are highlighted. The results prompt questions concerning the direction of current federal training policy.

This article examines knowledge and skill development during early adulthood when the individual has severed ties with formal education and entered the world of work. Focusing on a cohort of young men from the National Longitudinal Surveys, the paper examines the economic and social forces influencing participation in various forms of postschool education and training. A recursive model is used to explore skill development patterns over the lifecycle. Attention is focused on the role of early human capital development and its influence on the cost and incentives for subsequent skill development in the adult working years. The findings point to the cumulative nature of skill development over the lifecycle with some important implications for efforts to reduce economic and social inequalities for blacks and whites.

Item 1049-G-1 ; "January 9, 1985." ; Spine title: Administrative Conference of the United States. ; On cover: Report to the Administrative Office of the United States. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.