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ng those who are employed, poorer working conditions and lower earnings. Job loss can also lead to symptoms of depression. Among people who did not show symptoms of depression in 1999, those who lost their jobs between 1999 and 2000 were more than twice as likely to develop symptoms by 2000 than those who did not lose jobs, he explained.

The survey also found that even with California's high rate of employment, the longest expansion since World War II has not depleted the supply of workers available to be hired by the state's employers. About 1.6 million Californians (1.1 million age 25 or older) are available to work, many of them with the skills, education and experience necessary to succeed in the workplace. "These findings call into question the notion that there are no workers available with the requisite skills and experience. In part, it's up to the employers to provide incentives," Yelin said.

Additional findings:

• Among Californians age 18-64, 70 percent are working.
• Almost ten percent of those employed work 55 hours a week or more, and twelve percent of Californians report holding more than one job. Two thirds of California's households with two or more adults report more than one wage earner.
• More than one third of Californians indicate that they received a promotion or a new, better job in the past year; 56 percent report an increase in earnings compared to a year ago.
• Although about a fifth of people available to take jobs have less than a high school education, almost half have at least some college. About a fifth have at least a bachelor's degree, and just under a tenth have some postgraduate training.
• People available to work have an average of over fifteen years of labor market experience, and 95 percent have at least one year of experience.
• The researchers report that one in six Californians who have worked in the past three years report having lost a job during this time, and about one in thirteen repor
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Contact: Maureen McInaney
mmcinaney@pubaff.ucsf.edu
415-476-2557
University of California - San Francisco
3-Sep-2000


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