Research for Labor Economics

This report quantifies the link between civilian job growth and military retention for Navy enlisted personnel. The magnitude of this effect is identified--at both the first and second re-enlistment decision points--for highly technical ratings and for ratings which are not highly technical. The effect that future civilian job growth will have on the chances that Navy personnel will reenlist or leave is then projected, using occupational forecasts for the next decade provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

This research contribution considers the question of whether or not government should interfere in the practice of skilled professions, and, if interference is called for, the form that it should take. The question arises, because some professions involve the delivery of services so complex, and require so much specialized knowledge, that buyers are generally unable to judge the qualifications of the practitioner or the quality of the services rendered. An examination of the licensing of one profession--dentistry--and measurement of the extent to which licensing improves the quality of care is provided.

This paper examines the sources and policy implications of the sparsity of part-time work among older workers. See also 55 000396.

-escribes the community-wide effects on employment, earnings, and labor mobility of severe employment declines in major industrial sectors in the period 1960-1970.