Recent headlines have brought attention to the effects that unfavorable demographic and fiscal conditions are having on postsecondary education institutions. Among those most acutely feeling the pressures are likely to be institutions located in rural communities that are seeing more rapid population declines and lagging median income. This…

This paper addresses the question to what extent the strong positive correlation between education and training can be attributed to differences in individual-, job- and firm-specific characteristics. The novelty of this paper is to analyze previously unconsidered characteristics, in particular, job tasks and firm-fixed effects. The results show…

This article seeks to make sense of the seeming contradiction that the number of degrees awarded annually and the attainment rate of the adult population in the US have both grown, even as the country has fallen behind many global competitors on the latter indicator. Two reports issued in 2012---one by the Pew Research Center, the other by the…

High turnover, seasonality, and work-school transitions are some reasons for high unemployment among young people; a recent longitudinal study suggests that recurrent and extensive joblessness among a relatively few persons may be an important aspect of the labor market. (Author)

Comparison of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data from 1979 and 1997 found that both groups had similar rates of employment as adolescents. Students who worked 20 or fewer hours per week during school were more likely to attend college; youths who worked a greater percentage of weeks during the school year worked more consistently as…

Data from the 1996 School Administrator's Survey show that three-fifths of U.S. high schools offer school-to-work programs. Data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey show that nearly two-fifths of students participate in such programs. Public high school students and those who work are more likely to participate in school-to-work programs.…

Reviews statistics on the college-educated workforce in New England states with a view to the labor needs of the region's economy. (EV)

A comparison of the Israel labor market between 1974 and 1983 found that both higher wages and age-earnings profiles were related to higher education levels. For higher education levels, the age-earnings profile presents steeper parabolic shapes. An earnings peak for higher educational levels at later ages was found only for 1974. Technological…

This article argues that China's education system is facing unprecedented pressures to provide appropriately skilled individuals to meet the demands of the rapidly growing economy. In China this is a uniquely complex situation owing to the coexistence of a diminishing command and control economy and a growing market economy. Within this context we…

Reports internal rates of return (IRORs) to college education based on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. IROR declined from 1969 to 1974 but by 1978, approached the 1969 level. From 1978 to 1982, IROR either increased or slightly decreased. From 1982 to 1985, IROR remained essentially unchanged, according to one measure, or increased…

The authors were the principals in the evaluation of the Prince's Trust's Young People's Business Start-up Programme, 1994?1999, as it operated nationally in the UK and in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. In this paper they report the methodologies used in the evaluation and the key findings. They then use their reflections on both…

Presents new estimates of social rates of return to high school and four-year college education (1967-88), based on microeconomic U.S. census data. Estimates are compared with real rates of return to investment in plant and equipment and in housing since 1947. Rates of return for investment in high school and plant and equipment are similar. (25…

Investigated the effect of graduate education on job performance, using a database of U.S. Navy officers, focusing on supervisor ratings and promotion probabilities. Among those eligible for promotion to grade 4 (the up-or-out point), those with any graduate degree are more likely to be promoted. (25 references) (MLH)

Large changes in educational composition of the Netherlands labor force in the past two decades have produced marked changes in the distribution of individuals by education level across job levels. Undereducation has been reduced, and overeducation has been increased. The latter situation does not imply inefficiency because even years of…

Provides cross-country estimates on private rates of return to higher-education qualifications across various transitional economies spanning Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Rates tend to rise in most transitional economies over the period considered. Rate variabilities help explain variabilities in wage…