Labor force projections: the baby boom moves on. (includes related article on the Current Population Survey and the 1990 census)

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: November 1, 1991| Author: Fullerton, Howard N., Jr. | Copyright information

By 2005, the labor force-those working or looking for work-is projected by the bureau of Labor Statistics to number 151 million, an increase of 26 million from 1990.(1) This figure represents a projected increase of 21 percent, a slowing from the increase of 33 percent over the previous 15-year period, 1975 to 1990, when the labor force grew by 31 million.

In addition to this slowing of labor force growth, important changes in the composition of the labor force are proje...

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