Introduction and background -- Good jobs : basic facts and trends over time -- Job quality and volatility : how do they affect worker earnings? -- Job quality and volatility in metropolitan areas : a tale of two (kinds of) cities -- Good jobs and employer dynamics -- Conclusion and policy...

Replacement demand in a global economy / Richard B. Freeman -- An overview of U.S. workforce development policy / Burt S. Barnow and Demetra S. Nightingale -- Career-focused education and training for youth / Robert I. Lerman -- Higher education : policies generating the 21st century workforce /...

In this paper we estimate the impacts of the "pathways" chosen by community college students - in terms of desired credentials and fields of study, as well as other choices and outcomes along the paths - on the attainment of credentials with labor market value. We focus on the extent to which...

Current estimates suggest that over the coming decades, slower population growth and lower labor force participation will constrain the supply of labor in the U.S. The U.S. labor force will also become more diverse as immigration and fertility trends increase the size of minority populations....

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date snapshot of the most important postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the U.S. using two nationally representative sources of data: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and The National Educational...

In this paper we estimate the impacts of the "pathways" chosen by community college students - in terms of desired credentials and fields of study, as well as other choices and outcomes along the paths - on the attainment of credentials with labor market value. We focus on the extent to which...

Current estimates suggest that over the coming decades, slower population growth and lower labor force participation will constrain the supply of labor in the U.S. The U.S. labor force will also become more diverse as immigration and fertility trends increase the size of minority populations....