Demographic and Economic Factors in Labour Force Size and Growth: The effects of total and age-sex structure of a population, fertility, age-specific activity rates, migration, income, education etc. on the size and growth of the Labour Force. Economic Development and Relative Size of the Labour Force: Levels and trends of crude activity rates in countries at different levels of development; components of crude activity rates in countries at different levels of development; components of crude activity rates and their changes in countries at different levels of development. Economic Structure of the Labour Force: Regional Variations and changes in the process of growth. Female Participation in the Labour Force: Substantive studies of socio-cultural and economic determinants (more developed and less developed countries). Changes in Women’s Participation in the Labour Force in the Process of Economic Development: The U- curve hypothesis, logistic trends of participation by females etc.
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