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Occupational labor shortages : concepts, causes, consequences, and cures

Title
Occupational labor shortages : concepts, causes, consequences, and cures / Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, Jaclyn Schede Piatak.
Author
Barnow, Burt S.
Publication
Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Trutko, John W.
  • Piatak, Jaclyn Schede.
Description
xii, 209 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JBE 13-1163
ISBN
  • 9780880994118 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0880994118 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780880994125 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0880994126 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2012049811
  • 40022156661
OCLC
793576152
Author
Barnow, Burt S.
Title
Occupational labor shortages : concepts, causes, consequences, and cures / Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, Jaclyn Schede Piatak.
Imprint
Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Trutko, John W.
Piatak, Jaclyn Schede.
Other Standard Identifier
40022156661
Research Call Number
JBE 13-1163
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