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Employment Shifts in High-Technology Industries, 1988-96

William A. Luker, Donald Lyons

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High-technology industries are the most important source of strategically transformative products and processes in the U.S. economy. Changes in employment patterns in these industries thus command the interest of researchers, policymakers, and the general public. This article uses data from the BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) program from January 1988 through January 1996 to survey the shifting levels and composition of employment in researchand-development (R&D)-intensive high-technology industries. The data reveal three noteworthy developments:

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Key concepts: Transformative learning, Current Population Survey, Business, Economics, Labour economics, Sociology, Population, Demography