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Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1989
Notes that the number of workers employed in the U.S. chemical industry rose again in 1988. Provides information for the years 1978-88 for the areas of industrial employment, scientist and engineer employment, corporation employment, wages, and industrial productivity. (MVL)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemical Technicians, Chemistry, Employment Level
Peer reviewedRoscher, Nina Matheny; Cavanaugh, Margaret A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
The number of women obtaining degrees in chemistry has increased and many indicators suggest that the trend will continue. The percentage of women obtaining BS, MS, and PhD degrees in chemistry is also expected to continue to rise. Doctoral women chemists are beginning to be distributed in governmental, academic, and industrial workplaces in the…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1990
The annual census of industrial employment, production workers, women, the workweek, scientists and engineers, chemical employment, wages, and productivity in the chemical industry is presented. Trends in the numbers of workers, productivity, and unit labor costs are illustrated in graphs. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedReif, Linda Lobao – Rural Sociology, 1987
A study of effects of differentiated farm structures and industry structures on socioeconomic conditions in 3,037 counties for 1970 and 1980 indicated that employment in core industry and a pattern of family farming contribute to more favorable socioeconomic conditions. Both peripheral and state employment lowered socioeconomic conditions relative…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedRawls, Rebecca L. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1990
Salaries and demand for scientists and engineers are described. Comparisons of chemists and other scientists are provided. Resources for career planning in science and engineering are listed. (CW)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Chemistry, College Science, Demand Occupations
Copp, James H. – 1983
A study of the process of a 1977-1983 oil and gas boom in Caldwell, Texas, disproved the assumption that local social effects of rapid energy development are severe and negative. Using interviews, surveys, observation, local newspapers, and other writings as data sources, researchers determined that during the boom, Caldwell's population grew…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Satisfaction
Download full textRumberger, Russell – 1984
Job loss through technological advancement, particularly technologies based on microelectronics, is increasing for all economic sectors in a nation already hard challenged in world and domestic markets for goods and services. But assessing technology's employment impact remains difficult not only because of its direct and indirect effects and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Dislocated Workers
