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	Preparing for a Future Labor Shortage - Graziadio Business Report
		A systemic labor shortage occurs when the overall number of new job openings exceeds the number of qualified new entrants in a national economy for a sustained period of years.
		According to the Employment Policy Foundation (EPF), a systemic labor shortage is expected to transform the workplace over the next 25 to 30 years as the gap between baby boomers and entrants of college-educated workers widens due to the boomers’ mass retirements.
		In a systemic shortage cycle that is expected to last over the next 30 years, managers faced with skilled labor shortages in their industries are encouraged to take actions that put them ahead of the shortage cycle.
	gbr.pepperdine.edu /042/laborshortage.html (2548 words)

	U.S. IMMIGRATION: RECRUITING INTERNATIONAL TALENT (Law Offices of Carl Shusterman)
		The development of an international labor pool means that the most unique and talented professionals born in one country, may be educated and trained in another, and employed wherever their skills are most in demand.
		The application (Department of Labor form ETA 750) consists of two parts: Part A which describes the job offered, the minimum job requirements, and the salary, and Part B which describes the experience and education of the worker being applied for.
		Shortage occupations are listed on the Labor Department's "Schedule A, Group I." At present, Group I lists only two "precertified" occupations: registered nurses and physical therapists, thus relieving hospitals and other health-care providers of the labor certification burden in hiring individuals in these occupations.
	www.shusterman.com /rit.html (2807 words)

	Labor shortage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sometimes alleged labor shortages are used to justify the importing of temporary foreign labor.
		Critics of such practices argue that the laws of supply and demand would correct such shortages as more citizens enter a field when wages go up due to the shortage, and that companies lobbying for foreign labor simply want cheaper or more docile employees.
		For example, if wages alone are the best measure of labor shortages, then that would imply that we should be importing doctors instead of farm workers because doctors are far more expensive than farm workers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labor_shortage (548 words)

	World Labor Shortage: Shortage of Skilled Labor in China, India and Emerging Markets The Global Guru -
		Labor shortages in China are forcing companies to boost wages as the supply of surplus labor from the countryside tapers off.
		Academic economists insist that the global labor shortage is an illusion.
		The global labor shortage proves a corollary: in the long run, there is no free lunch.
	www.theglobalguru.com /article.php?id=112&offer=GURU001 (979 words)

	Labor Surplus & Shortage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, this is not due to a robust growing economy in Wyoming; it is due to an out-migration of population and labor force because of a labor surplus in Wyoming and a labor shortage and higher wages in neighboring states (see the Table and the Figure).
		Typically, businesses in labor shortage areas will recruit new employees from outside their labor market or will relocate starting new businesses in labor surplus areas to attain the number of workers required and at lower wages.
		For example, the excess demand for labor and a labor shortage for computer programmers/systems analysts occupations shows up with an increase in wages across geographical boundaries and industry sectors (please refer to "High-Tech Industry in Wyoming" in the February 1998 issue of Trends).
	wydoe.state.wy.us /LMI/0498/0498a3.htm (443 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		Though avoiding the term "labor shortage" on technical grounds, it consistently used euphemistic language which for all practical purposes had the same meaning (for example, "the demand is outstripping the supply").
		For example, the committee cites the 1997 Department of Commerce finding of an IT labor shortage, but does not mention that DOC later retracted the claim, saying in its report, " Digital Economy 2000," that the data were insufficient to determine whether a shortage exists.
		The hyperselective nature of the industry's hiring policies is indisputable, and is the underlying cause of the "labor shortage." It is reflected, on the one end of the age spectrum, in the disinterest shown by employers toward most older applicants.
	www.cis.org /articles/2001/back301.html (5202 words)

	Captive Workers
		This free-worker model of immigration was formally articulated in the Contract Labor Law of 1885, which prohibited the importation of aliens under contract for the performance of labor or services of any kind.
		This was a reaction to the importation of "coolie" labor from China, a practice itself a successor to the institution of indentured servitude so widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Indeed, just as indentured servitude was a manifestation of pre-capitalist labor relations, like vassalage or serfdom or villeinage, the freedom of workers to negotiate wages and working conditions and to change jobs is an indispensable element of a free economy.
	www.cis.org /articles/1998/IR33/captive.html (1958 words)

	THERE IS NO LABOR SHORTAGE
		He forecast a 20-year shortage of workers, which meant that the staffing industry would not have to worry about finding positions for individuals--it would only have to worry about finding individuals to fill an abundance of positions.
		The causal factor in his analysis is the proposition that demographic trends imply slow labor force growth in the U.S. relative to overall population growth.
		Fortunately, a foolish prediction of a 20-year labor shortage probably did not cause the staffing industry to make any mistakes over its relevant time horizon, which probably is closer to 20 days.
	arnoldkling.com /econ/book/different/shortage.html (1260 words)

	The Labor Market for Information Technology Workers
		The empirical basis for the claim by ITAA of a major shortage of IT workers is the recent study conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) on behalf of ITAA.
		Projected shortages of PhDs in math and natural sciences led to legislation in 1990 that resulted in dramatic increases in the number of visas for university professors, especially in the math and science fields.
		One of the benefits of today's tight labor market for all workers and for IT workers is the impetus to private-public efforts to expand and improve training, to attract new workers to fields requiring significant skills, and to retain existing workers.
	www.urban.org /TESTIMON/lerman2-25-98.html (4416 words)

	How and Why Government, Universities and Industry Create 'Labor Shortages' of Skilled Americans
		While the U.S. labor market is one of the freest in the world, there have been scattered instances in the past where particular employers have sought and won anomalous relief through well placed allies in government.
		Instead of curing the shortage, special relief has continued for over four decades and into the present as ranchers continue to suffer from what appears to be a never-ending shortage of domestic shepherds.
		Beyond the obvious ethical issues raised by the suppression of criticism, it should be noted that the shortage projections garnered a strong response based in part on the perception that the American scientific establishment was governed and restrained by the scientific method.
	nber.nber.org /~peat/PapersFolder/Papers/SG/NSF.html (9759 words)

	Small Businesses Experiencing a Labor Shortage
		In addition, if small businesses are constrained by the lack of labor available, their output growth could slow or stagnate—slowing the overall output growth of the U.S. economy.
		Glover announced the study's findings at the conference to bring the labor shortage issue to the attention of the State policy-makers, state and local small business program directors, non-profit service providers, small business owners, and small business trade association executives who are attending the event.
		Labor Shortages, Needs and Related Issues in Small and Large Businesses was written by Joel Popkin and Company of Washington, DC.
	www.sba.gov /advo/press/99-45.html (686 words)

	Outlook: More Jobs, Not Enough Workers - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of available jobs is projected to increase by more than 22 million jobs by 2010, a 15.2 percent increase - a reasonable, possibly even conservative, estimate considering employment increased 17 percent between 1990 and 2000.
		Baby Boomers, who constitute a big slice of the labor force pie, are getting closer and closer to checking out of the office and into retirement, creating a major void in the workforce.
		If the predictions of an acute labor shortage are true, it could wreak havoc for corporate America, but "it's great news for employees," declares Roger Herman, author of Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People.
	featuredreports.monster.com /laborshortage/forecast (906 words)

	techies.com -- your technology career control center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some of the survey respondents vehemently denied the existence of a worker shortage, saying that programs to supplement tech professionals, such as the temporary H-1B visa system, should be cut back.
		The techies.com survey found that perceptions of a tech worker shortage differ widely when differences, such as geography, employment status and years of experience are taken into account.
		Women's perception of a tech worker shortage differed markedly from men's: 60 percent said there is no shortage while only 48 percent of men agreed.
	home.techies.com /Common/Content/2001/06/18mc_techshortage.html (1290 words)

	Economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is one of the most fundamental economic models, ubiquitously used as a basic building block in a wide range of more detailed economic models and theories.
		In general, the theory claims that where goods are traded in a market at a price where consumers demand more goods than businesses are prepared to supply, this shortage will tend to increase the price of the goods.
		Economic Theories and Theorists An index of all theories and theoreticians throughout the economic history of thought.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economics (3657 words)

	What Looming Labor Shortage? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's one thing to talk about shortages in vaccines or some other commodity where the demand is fixed and objective: We need to give so many flu shots this year, and we don't have enough to go around.
		Predictions about the size of the labor force are much better, but both the supply of workers and the demand for them adjust to changes in wages.
		Third, whether tight labor markets of the kind we saw in the late 1990s were unusual simply depends on what you use as a comparison.
	featuredreports.bet.monster.com /laborshortage/myth (682 words)

	What labor shortage? \| CNET News.com
		People who argue that a labor shortage will befall corporate America blame it on a demographic change that is quite real--the small size of the so-called baby bust generation, the group of people that followed the baby boom generation into the labor market.
		Although the labor force will grow, some proponents of the labor shortage scenario sometimes raise a different issue in an attempt to bolster their case.
		Making the assumption that a labor shortage is on the horizon is a serious mistake, because corporations and public policy makers may make important decisions based on such an assumption.
	news.com.com /2030-1069-5075799.html (2127 words)

	Entrepreneur: Labor pains - labor shortage and small business
		It's a labor shortage crippling small businesses across the count, as entrepreneurs find they can't hire the people they need to maintain more than just minimal levels of production and service.
		The Federal Reserve report says labor markets are "fight or very tight" in all 12 federal districts, with labor supplies shrinking in the Midwest, South and much of the West.
		All too often, the burdens of a labor shortage are felt by the entrepreneur, who winds up working extra hours recruiting, training and managing new employees, if not actually doing the work.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_n4_v26/ai_20484749 (1439 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's hard to imagine a labor shortage in China, but there is. With 120 million "farmer workers" having migrated to the cities, and at least 300 million more expected to follow them by 2020, many rural areas are desperately short of labor.
		Now, the burgeoning labor shortage has reminded the country - which powers its economy through the efforts of the working class, be they peasants, factory workers or farmer workers - of the interests and well-being of the migrant workers who have been neglected for two decades.
		In fact, some enterprises in pressing need of labor have adopted measures to retain the workers, such as raising salaries, improving working conditions, promising to protect their legal rights, and so on.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FH17Ad03.html (1171 words)

	TomPaine.com - The Great Labor Shortage Lie
		Companies worldwide are suddenly scrambling to manage a labor crunch." This is the public rationale from corporate executives (especially in the high-tech industries) for massive job outsourcing and exploitation of the H-1B program: We can't find the workers we need.
		Corporations are determined to keep labor costs under control, so they're reaching deeper into their bag of tricks...
		Put another way, the Big Money interests want to preserve a tool to rig the labor market so as to make sure its natural supply-and-demand dynamics are never allowed to work to raise wages here at home.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2007/04/11/the_great_labor_shortage_lie.php (735 words)

	TCS: Tech Central Station - China's Labor Shortage? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Thus the move to slow down the overheating economy through capital measures is being accompanied, mainly by coincidence, by parallel labor challenges.
		The gaps in the labor lines started appearing after the big annual lunar new year holiday, which began on January 21 with the start of the Year of the Monkey.
		The situation is driven in part by the central government's hike in agriculture subsidies and in grain prices, in part to compensate the 60 percent of Chinese people who live in rural areas, for the new competition resulting from accession to the World Trade Organization.
	www.techcentralstation.com /083104A.html (853 words)

	America's Career Resource Network (ACRN): The Economic Challenge
		This points to a significant labor and skills shortage if steps are not taken now to counter this trend.
		The labor force, therefore, will be increasingly made up of racial minorities who do not have the educational qualifications to obtain and succeed in the highly skilled jobs of the future.
		Report noting trends toward labor and skills shortages, and stagnant wages, and recommending that worker training, job security and stability, and immigration policy should be national priorities.
	www.acrnetwork.org /econchal.htm (1292 words)

	Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
		Furthermore, the larger the labor pool, the worse conditions would be for older workers in the field, already a serious problem; the more workers there are, especially younger ones, the easier it is for employers to avoid the older workers.
		On the other hand, the Department of Labor was largely shunted out to the margins, as the industry lobbyists viewed DOL as the ``enemy,'' for having criticized the H-1B program in the past.
		Industry employers claim a ``desperate'' labor shortage, but in fact their extreme pickiness in hiring shows they are not desperate at all.
	heather.cs.ucdavis.edu /itaa.real.html (17519 words)

	Labor Shortage Workshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The current labor market conditions of 15 counties in Wisconsin will be the focus of a presentation by Professor Gary Green of the UW-Madison rural sociology department on Friday, Sept. 27, at 9 a.m.
		The topics Green will discuss include: factors and symptoms of the labor shortage, characteristics of the firms facing difficulty, jobs in the greatest demand, responses from residents and employers, and short-term strategies available to communities and employers.
		Green gathered his data on labor supply from phone interviews of a random sample of 300-500 households in each county, with over 6,000 surveys.
	www.uwrf.edu /news_bureau/914963.html (405 words)

	unmasking "labor shortage" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		High-tech companies portray a shortage, yet it is our memories that are short: only yesterday there was a glut of science and math graduates.
		Imported labor, he argues, is only a way to avoid offering better conditions to experienced programmers.
		Such shortages can be erased only by raising wages to attract those with needed skills who are now working in other fields - or by importing low-paid workers.
	www.doomdujour.com /3lbrscar.htm (846 words)

	Flaws In The Labor Shortage Argument
		These people have correctly observed that there is never a labor shortage as such -- only a shortage at whatever price the employer is willing to pay -- and that the real problem is that the market value of what they sell won't cover the cost of an additional employee.
		The decline of organized labor and the stagnation of the federal minimum wage have helped suppress what workers are paid, say analysts like Harry Holzer, a Georgetown University professor and former chief Labor Department economist during the Clinton administration.
		In the health care industry, labor shortages have become acute as baby boomers age, life expectancy increases and Americans expect to be cared for with ever more sophisticated drugs and equipment.
	www.aea.org /documents/040903flaws_in_argument.html (1808 words)

	What Labor Shortage? Debunking a Popular Myth
		As for the fear that the retirement of baby boomers will contribute to a labor shortage, Cappelli says that this assumption is predicated on the unrealistic expectation that the boomers will quit work at age 65.
		Making the assumption that a labor shortage is on the horizon is a serious mistake because corporations and public-policy makers may make important decisions based on such an assumption.
		One reason, Cappelli believes, is that the pressure to hire laterally from the outside to bring in new skills, which was accelerated during the late 1990s, is a new development in the history of human-resources management.
	www.wharton.universia.net /index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=654&language=english&specialId= (1994 words)

	Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Furthermore, the larger the labor pool, the worse conditions would be for older workers in the field, already a serious problem; the more workers there are, especially younger ones, the easier it is for employers to avoid the older workers.
		But even nontechies can see that there is no shortage, simply from the facts that (a) employers hire only a small fraction of their applicants for software positions, and (b) programmer wages are showing only a very moderate rate of increase.
		Industry employers claim a ``desperate'' labor shortage, but in fact their extreme pickiness in hiring shows they are not desperate at all.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/chat/705954/posts (17229 words)

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