Sentences with phrase «quality of the labor force»

No less important is the overall relationship between the quality of the labor force, as measured by tests of cognitive skill, and economic growth.

Significantly, the quality of the labor force as measured by math and science scores proved to be extremely important.

As noted above, student achievement, which provides a direct measure of later quality of the labor force, is strongly related to economic growth.

This means that universal pre-K can be more easily scaled up to have truly large effects on the overall quality of the labor force of a state or of the nation, and thereby to have truly large effects on overall economic development.

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Finalist cities are refining their pitches based on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.

«In addition to ensuring the quality of the products themselves, we want to make sure there is no child labor being used, as well as to support female work forces in developing nations,» he states.

«In addition to ensuring the quality of the products themselves, we want to make sure there is no child labor being used, as well as to support female work forces in developing nations,» he states.The company also makes a point of hiring local women who, many times, have difficulty finding adequate employment.

The people of Riverside County, along with those in the communities of Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore, enjoy an exceptional quality of life, a mild climate, good air quality, reasonably priced land and building sites adjacent to the I - 15 and I - 215 corridors, affordable housing at all levels, a highly skilled labor force, quality educational facilities and programs and cultural, entertainment and recreational activities for every lifestyle.

Recent work in which Dennis Kimko and I have been engaged has looked closely at the size of the impact of labor force quality, as measured by tests of cognitive ability, on the economic growth of countries.

Not only can the provision of high - quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) facilitate women's participation in the labor force, it can also have a positive effect on their children's educational performance.

It may be that other aspects of these East Asian economies have driven their growth and that the statistical analysis of labor - force quality is simply picking out these countries.

Small gains in the education of teachers relative to other workers may not be evidence of declining quality, however; additional years of schooling may be more valuable for teachers because, as highly skilled workers, they face higher opportunity costs of staying out of the labor force.

Moreover, adjusting the data for other factors that are potentially related to growth, including aspects of international trade, private and public investment, and political instability, leaves the effect of having a quality labor force unchanged.

The potential level of real GDP for a nation is determined by the quantity and quality of its natural resources, the size and skills of its labor force, and the size and quality of its stock of capital resources.

Tectonic social changes — including demographic shifts that have placed most women with school - age children in the labor force, research breakthroughs in the learning sciences and in socio - emotional and brain development, and daunting national achievement worries — have all converged to place a major new emphasis on the quality of a child's learning experiences throughout the typical school day, after school, weekends, and across the year, including summers.

This has included establishing an interagency task force consisting of 16 different federal government department and agencies, including Transportation, OMB, Treasury, Commerce, Interior, EPA, Agriculture, Labor, Energy, the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, the Council of Environmental Quality, the Education department and others.

Mr. Frasca is a proven leader and has served as a Project Manager Quality Control Manager Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) and Project Superintendent for U.S. Navy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Air Force U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Labor California State University and various local state and private clients...

Professional Experience Liberty Builders Inc. -LRB-[Insert City, State]-RRB- 2005 — Present Customer Service Division Manager • Recruit, train and oversee skilled laborers and concrete finishers while managing both work and labor schedules to meet varying demand levels and job requirements • Provide rate quotes to potential clients after thorough analysis and assessment of job scope, requirements and considerations, securing new relationships and growing firm revenue through the utilization of effective selling techniques • Develop, implement and track firm - level quality control program as well as train staff on related policies and procedures • Maximize resource utilization through numerous efficiency improvements and the organized reduction in labor force • Manage and reduce expenditures through the integration of streamlined order procedures

America's economy is dependent in no small measure on the 2 million educators who comprise the early childhood workforce.1 Without this largely female workforce, millions of working parents with no or few high - quality child care options would be unable to participate in the U.S. labor force.