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Article: Labor force projections: 1986 to 2000. (Projections 2000)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1987
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Labor force projections: 1986 to 2000
The labor force is projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be 139 million persons in the year 2000. This represents growth of 21 million persons between 1986 to 2000 in the moderate of three alternative labor force projections; well below the 31 million added to the labor force between 1972 and 1986. The projected growth rate of 1.2 percent annually is less than the 2.2-percent annual rate over the 1972-86 period. (See table 1.)
Some trends in the labor force projections--the expected growth in the share of women in the labor force and the drop in the share of workers 55 and older--are the result of ...