Sentences with phrase «adult labor force»
As a result, it has the largest supply of highly qualified people in its adult labor force of any country in the world.
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While about two - thirds of the world's illiterate adults are female, research shows that educated mothers are more likely to participate in the labor force.
They broke the adult US population up into 13 different age groups, and then projected what the overall labor force participation rate would have been if each of those age groups had the same participation rates that they did in December 2007, right before the start of the recession.
Even though the current Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and career — some 41 % of Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21, 81 - 97 Flouri, E, Buchanan, A & Bream, V. (2002) «Adolescents» perceptions of their fathers» involvement: Significance to school attitudes» Psychology in the Schools, 39, 575 - 582 Flouri, E. & Buchanan, A. (2002) «Childhood predictors of labor force participation in adult life.»
The situation that Spain is experiencing in terms of unemployment is problematic: together with Greece, it has the highest level of unemployment among European countries (23.7 % according to the latest EPA (Encuesta de Población Activa — Labor Force Survey); one out of two young adults under the age of 25 can not find work (52.4 %); and nearly half of the unemployed receive no benefits whatsoever.
Jason Reitman, director of Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You For Smoking and Young Adult, returns to the mainstream with Labor Day, a film starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet as a pair of strangers forced together by chance.
He is in favor of what he calls attachment benefits, which he defines as «benefits that help all young adults become attached to the labor force.»
This article compares U.S. and German schooling processes, noting how the countries socialize their youth to adulthood and employment; mentions key elements in achieving good outcomes and preparing productive adults; recommends creating an appropriate balance between the country's labor force needs and the developmental needs of its individuals.
The labor force participation rate is a measure that describes the proportion of adults who are either currently employed or actively looking for work.
Unfortunately, given a constrained construction labor force, the choice right now is between building housing for millennials — the largest adult generation in American history — or building infrastructure for the country.