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Estimating The Potential Available Labor Supply For Mid-Sized Iowa Communities, Randal Robert Pilkington
Estimating The Potential Available Labor Supply For Mid-Sized Iowa Communities, Randal Robert Pilkington
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This thesis presents a case study approach to estimate the potential supply of available workers within a laborshed or sub-labor market area. Current labor data are not adequate to estimate the supply of labor and its characteristics in mid-sized Iowa communities. In addition, low unemployment rates are not reflective of the willingness of workers to change jobs. Estimates of underemployment are also missing from any current labor data.
The methodology for this study consisted of conducting a random survey of the potential available labor force for a mid-sized Iowa community's laborshed, defined as the nodal region from which a community …