Women's rates have increased significantly, narowing the gap between rates for women and men
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Rapid employment inceases are projected, especially in high-tech services and among suppliers to computer and electronic manufacturers
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The first Handbook was a package of pamphlets bound with shoelaces: today, it is one of the Bureau's remarkable publishing successes.
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The Handbook continuously has provided workers with timely information about changes in the world of work and in skills that they will need.
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Broad trends in occupational employment have been projected fairly accurately over the past 30 years.
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The new system reflects many changes, expecially the shift toward more services-oriented and high-tech jobs.
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Anecdotal evidence, factors of demand and supply, and a host of labor market data work in combination to assess occupational shortages.
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In most managerial, management-related, sales, production, and transportation occupations, workers with longer hours earned at higher hourly rates.
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Reductions in defense spending will continue to affect employment across all industries and occupations throughout the period
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Rebasing GDP on chained 2001 dollars enhances the role of services as a contributor to economic growth and diminished that of private investment
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For the same field of study, the same age group, and the same degree level, women earn at least 87 percent as much as men
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Contrary to expectations, young adults born during the baby bust have been less successful than baby-boomers
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The projections were relatively accurate; differences are analyzed to improve future projections
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Several factors, including a more accurate description of population trends, contributed to better projections
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These projections foretold the trend of almost all major industry groupings
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Although too conservative, these projections correctly foresaw most general occupational trends
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Although increased globalization and new technology have led to recent employment declines,
the industries will remain important providers of jobs
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Scheduling concerns, individual talents, and financial needs all enter into the decision to hold more than one job
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The 1994-2005 projections are used to identify industries and occupations most prone to business cycles
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