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Author Barnow, Burt S.

Title Occupational labor shortages : concepts, causes, consequences, and cures / Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, Jaclyn Schede Piatak.

Publication Info. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Conceptual basis for identifying and measuring occupational labor shortages : Background on labor shortages ; Causes of labor shortages ; Reasons why occupational labor markets are in disequilibrium ; Adjustments to occupational shortages by employers ; Reasons labor markets may adjust slowly ; Consequences of labor shortages ; Outline of the report -- 2. Special education teachers : Background and description ; Training and recruitment of workers ; Worker characteristics ; Employment and earnings trends ; Labor market factors contributing to a shortage ; Assessment of labor market/shortage conditions ; Responses to labor market conditions ; Conclusions and recommendations -- 3. Pharmacists : Background and description ; Training and recruitment of workers ; Employment and earnings trends ; Labor market factors contributing to a shortage ; Assessment of labor market/shortage conditions ; Responses to labor market conditions ; Conclusions and recommendations -- 4. Physical therapists : Background and description ; Training and recruitment of workers ; Worker characteristics ; Employment and earnings trends ; Labor market factors contributing to a labor shortage ; Assessment of labor market/shortage conditions -- 5. Home health and personal care aides : Background and description ; Training and recruitment of workers ; Characteristics of workers ; Employment and earnings trends ; Labor market factors contributing to a shortage ; Assessment of labor market/shortage conditions -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations for further action : Conclusions from the case studies ; Utility of data used to analyze occupational shortages ; Using occupational shortage data for immigration and temporary visas ; Developing better occupational shortage data for the United States.
Note Print version record.
Subject Labor supply -- United States.
Labor market -- United States.
Occupations -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
Labor market. (OCoLC)fst00990036
Labor supply. (OCoLC)fst00990165
Occupations. (OCoLC)fst01043384
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Trutko, John W.
Piatak, Jaclyn Schede.
Other Form: Print version: Barnow, Burt S. Occupational labor shortages. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2013 9780880994118 (DLC) 2012049811 (OCoLC)793576152
ISBN 9780880994132 (electronic bk.)
0880994134 (electronic bk.)
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