Federal Government Labor Markets: An Approach to Work-Force Planning. Supplement-Literature Search Reports

摘要

How the U.S. Federal Government hires and employs people to carry out its responsibilities may be understood best by analyzing the federal employment administrative processes and statistical data generated by them in terms of labor markets. Factors affecting the supply of and demand for federal employees are of vital consequence to applicants, managers, personnelists, budget makers, Congress, the general public, and federal employees themselves. This analysis of federal labor market behavior covers both the administrative processes that regulate federal employment and the statistical data that describe the impact of these processes on various segments of the labor supply. Gaps in knowledge and research recommendations are described for 29 functional areas of federal labor market analysis. An extensively annotated bibliography of about 300 contemporary (1968-78) studies of federal employment policies and practices relevant to labor market analysis is included as a supplement to the Final Report.