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September 1987

Overview and implicationsof the projections to 2000

Ronald E. Kutscher

Bureau of Labor Statistics moderate projections show 21 million new jobs over the 1986-2000 period, mostly in service-producing industries; the black and Hispanic labor force is estimated to increase much faster than that of whites.

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