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AEAs sixth annual survey of employment in the electronics and information technology sectors revealed 20 states experienced more information technology (IT) job losses than creations in 2001. Texas led the way with more than 3,000 job losses while South Dakota experienced the greatest percentage loss of its IT workforce at 14 percent.

The National Governors Association guide argues that developing new workforce policies to address the shortage of skilled workers in the U.S. is critical to the success of the nation in the 21st century.

The report proposes a new business-led Connecticut Digital Compact to oversee most of the plan’s implementation in order to ensure the information technology efforts remain focused on meeting current and future industry needs.

The authors examine technologys effect on earnings and income inequality by using interstate differences in technology. Their analysis, using data from the 1979-94 period, shows that workers earn a wage premium in high-technology states.

The paper explores two related effects of computers on older workers, who tend to use computers less than younger workers. Instrumental variables estimates suggest that computer use directly lowers the probability of retirement.

From the Monthly Labor Review, the article projects industry output and employment for the first decade of the 21st century. Computer and data processing services continues to top the chart of fastest growing industries with an average annual rate of 6.4 percent growth for 2000-2010. Projected output for the field is expected to grow by an annual rate of 8 percent.

The report from the Progressive Policy Institute discusses the new labor market and work systems and identifies eight principles that all levels of government, particularly the states, should follow in designing a workforce development system for the New Economy.

The objective of the paper is to identify major potential barriers to employers increased use of telecommuting. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked into perceived and potential obstacles to telecommuting. For companies, the GAO found significant barriers involve internal management concerns for the employer.

The report released by Carnegie Mellon examines brain drain in Pennsylvania finding that growing regions are both importers and exporters of talent, but they tend to import more than they export. The report also indicates that the state does offer competitive incentives for attracting and retaining graduates and workers.

The Department of Labor has issued on its website Telework and the New Workplace of the 21st Century, a compilation of a dozen studies presented at a national telework symposium held in New Orleans in October.