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Peltopuro, Minna; Ahonen, Timo; Kaartinen, Jukka; Seppälä, Heikki; Närhi, Vesa – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The literature related to people with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) was systematically reviewed in order to summarize the present knowledge. Database searches yielded 1,726 citations, and 49 studies were included in the review. People with BIF face a variety of hardships in life, including neurocognitive, social, and mental health…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Mild Mental Retardation, Databases, Barriers
Fong, Carlton J.; Murphy, Kathleen M.; Westbrook, John D.; Markle, Minda M. – Campbell Collaboration, 2015
In the United States, an estimated 1.5 million people are diagnosed annually with some type of cancer (American Cancer Society, 2011). Work is an important stabilizing factor for cancer survivors (Arnold, 1999). De Boer and colleagues (2009) identified a rate of 33.8% unemployment among cancer survivors beyond the age of 18 compared to 15.2% among…
Descriptors: Cancer, Intervention, Disabilities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Cobb, R. Brian; Lipscomb, Stephen; Wolgemuth, Jennifer; Schulte, Theresa – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2013
Nearly four decades have passed since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensured access to public education for students with disabilities in the United States. During the years following its introduction, there was a growing recognition that helping students, especially students with disabilities, in their transitions from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education
Wolf, Wendy C. – 1977
Four potential biases incurred by using a sample of wives of male respondents as a sample of women for sex comparisons of the occupational attainment process were examined and empirically assessed. Using data from the Wisconsin longitudinal study of high school seniors, the extent and nature of two potential biases were considered: (1) a sampling…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Level, Longitudinal Studies
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Kamphoefner, Walter D. – International Migration Review, 1994
Utilizes language data from the 1940 Census Public Law Sample to measure the socioeconomic impact of a foreign mother tongue by comparing second-generation Germans who grew up speaking German and English, respectively. Results show that the disadvantages of a foreign mother tongue proved to be negligible for this group. (GR)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
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Akoojee, Salim; McGrath, Simon – South African Journal of Education, 2007
Public and private provision of vocational education and training (or Further Education and Training in the South African usage) exist in a relationship with each other but are rarely considered together. An analysis is provided of recent quantitative evidence on both sectors in South Africa in order to advance the case for further policy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Couppie, Thomas; Mansuy, Michele – Vocational Training: European Journal, 2003
Review of European research on youth transition to employment revealed some methodological difficulties in making cross-national comparisons of educational attainment and employment status. Ways to fine tune the indicators were identified. (Contains 48 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
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Ryan, Paul – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1998
Economic data comparing apprenticeship to full-time vocational education and to the youth labor market suggests that, in advanced economies, apprenticeship is a source of more stable employment for young male adults. Its value for females is low in some countries. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Employment Level
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Borjas, George J.; Tienda, Marta – International Migration Review, 1993
Analyzes employment and wages of recently legalized immigrants using the Legalization Application Processing System file which is based on individual records of amnesty applicants and draws comparisons with sample of foreign-born population from Current Population Surveys of 1983, 1986, and 1988. Among demographic differences of total foreign-born…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Allen, Felicity – 1991
This monograph explores some of the explanations commonly proffered to justify the existing pattern of academic women's employment in Australian universities. The research, data, and explanations in this monograph address the university area of the higher education sector only. It examines the adequacy of some of the explanations given for women's…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Austin, Betty J. – 1984
The publication rates of female versus male faculty and factors that influence scholarly productivity for women faculty are discussed, based on the research literature. The academic reward structure and the payoffs resulting from scholarly productivity are also considered, along with the impact of productivity on building the reputations both of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Faculty Promotion, Females
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Jensen, Leif; Chitose, Yoshimi – International Migration Review, 1994
Analyzes data from the 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing to provide a broad statistical portrait of the children of immigrants today. Using families as the unit of analysis, researchers compare native-born children of native-born parents to children with at least one foreign-born parent. These children are compared using social, economic,…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Wolman, Harold L.; And Others – Urban Studies, 1994
Evaluates the performance, between 1980 and 1990, of 12 supposedly revitalized cities on the basis of objective indicators of the economic well-being of their residents and compares the cities' performances to those of other cities that were equally distressed in 1980. The evaluation, with three exceptions, reveals no evidence of revitalization.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Climate, Economic Status, Employment Level
Houseman, Susan N. – 1995
The literature on employment growth in the United States and selected industrialized countries and the wage, benefits, and job security characteristics of new and existing jobs were analyzed to determine how job growth and quality in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s compares to that in other industrialized countries. Among the study's…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Gottemoeller, Rose E.; Langer, Paul F. – 1983
A study was undertaken to arrive at a broad overview of the Soviet training utilization of foreign area specialists. To gather data for the study, researchers examined European, United States, and Soviet publications and interviewed Soviet emigres and U.S. specialists on the Soviet Union. According to these data sources, specialized training for…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
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