America’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs

Author: 
Harry Holzer and Robert I. Lerman
Year: 
2008
Date: 
03/18/2008
Publisher: 
Urban Institute
Description: 

The need for a workforce to fill middle-skill jobs, those requiring more education than high school but less than a bachelor's degree, will likely remain strong in the coming years. Because Baby Boomer retirements will occur most rapidly in the lower to middle ranges of skills and immigrants are more likely to fill the bottom and top jobs, expanded educational opportunities and workforce training programs will be essential for less-educated workers to meet the demands of the U.S. economy.

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