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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED346241 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Changing Workforce. Demographic Issues Facing
the Federal Government. Report to Congressional Committees.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 87 p.
AVAILABILITY: U.S. General Accounting Office, P.O. Box
6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (first copy free; additional
copies $2; 100 or more: 25% discount).
ABSTRACT: The predictions in "Workforce 2000" and "Civil
Service 2000" were examined with regard to work and
workers. Focus was on demographic changes that had occurred
and were expected to occur in the civilian and federal
labor force and were relevant to federal employment policy
formation. Activities included review of demographic data
and review of research relative to labor shortages, skills
gaps, and demographic changes. Labor economists and other
experts often disagreed with predictions that widespread
labor shortages and skills mismatches were likely to occur
by 2000. Experts generally agreed that the demographic
composition of the civilian labor force had changed and
would continue to change. The most dramatic change was the
entry of women into the labor market; more recent changes
included the increasing presence of racial and ethnic
minorities in the work force and the concentration of
workers in the middle-age category. These demographic
changes and conditions were particularly present in the
federal work force, although demographic characteristics
varied by agency and census region. Many of these changes
and conditions were more prevalent in the federal than in
the nonfederal sector. Findings implied that federal
policymakers can take action to respond to changing
demographic conditions and each agency should examine its
own work force to determine its needs. (Objectives, scope,
and methodology are sketched in the appendix and a 65-item
bibliography is attached.) (YLB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adults-; Employment-Opportunities; Ethnic
Groups; Females-; Futures-of-Society; Job-Skills; Labor
Needs; Middle-Aged-Adults; Minority-Groups; Policy
Formation; Public-Policy; Race-; Vocational-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employment-Projections; *Federal
Government; *Government-Employees; *Labor-Force; *Labor
Supply; *Population-Trends
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