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Title: The Age Mix of the Labor Force in 1990: Implications for Labor Market Research
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1. Andrisani, Paul J.
Daymont, Thomas N.
The Age Mix of the Labor Force in 1990: Implications for Labor Market Research
In: Changing Composition of the Workforce. A.S. Glickman, ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1982
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation
Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Career Patterns; Discrimination, Age; Life Cycle Research; Research Methodology; Sex Equality; Work Attitudes

This article reviews problems associated with the labor force projections produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and advocates a more behavioral approach. The authors summarize the findings of recent efforts among economists to incorporate social and psychological variables into models of labor market behavior and find that future research is needed: (1) to determine the degree to which the effect of the projected changing age structure of the population varies across different segments of the labor market and over different stages of the life cycle and time periods; (2) to determine why those members of the baby boom cohort who experienced long and/or frequent spells of unemployment will probably be more likely than others to suffer labor market problems throughout their careers; (3) to improve both the conceptualization and measurement of labor force data to capture more adequately the varying degrees of attachment to the labor force and varying degrees of intensity of job search; (4) to understand better the dynamic forces producing strains among women managing dual careers; and (5) to point up problems of age discrimination in employment, which may begin to rival race and sex-based forms of labor market inequality in future decades.
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Andrisani, Paul J. and Thomas N. Daymont. "The Age Mix of the Labor Force in 1990: Implications for Labor Market Research" In: Changing Composition of the Workforce. A.S. Glickman, ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1982