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Curtis, John W.; Thornton, Saranna – Academe, 2013
This article presents the annual report on the economic status of the profession. This year's report covers three main issues--all perennial problems, but with new analysis based on the latest data--in addition to summarizing the current results from the annual American Association of University Professors (AAUP) survey of full-time faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Level, Economic Status, Annual Reports
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Clark, Andrew E.; Kamesaka, Akiko; Tamura, Teruyuki – Education Economics, 2015
It is commonly believed that education is a good thing for individuals. Yet, its correlation with subjective well-being is most often only weakly positive, or even negative, despite the many associated better individual-level outcomes. We here square the circle using novel Japanese data on happiness aspirations. If reported happiness comes from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Aspiration
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2010
The economy's need for workers originates in the demand for the goods and services that they provide. So, to project employment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) starts by projecting the gross domestic product (GDP) for 2018. GDP is the value of the final goods produced and services provided in the United States. Then, BLS estimates the…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Charts, Labor
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2010
This article illustrates projected employment change from an industry perspective over the 2008-2018 decade. Workers are grouped into an industry according to the type of good produced or service provided by the establishment in which they work. Industry employment projections are shown in terms of numeric change (growth or decline in the total…
Descriptors: Wages, Industry, Employment Patterns, Charts
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Stone, Joe A. – Journal of Human Resources, 1982
Research results suggest that unemployment insurance recipients are more likely to remain in their usual occupation, and less likely to seek employment in one of the lower-paying occupations for which they are also qualified. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance
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Mellor, Earl F.; Parks, William, II – Monthly Labor Review, 1988
The annual work experience survey, conducted each March as a supplement to the Current Population Survey, provides data that reveal how many worked and/or looked for work during the previous year. (JOW)
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Level, Employment Statistics, Occupational Surveys
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Kuhn, Peter; Skuterud, Mikal – Monthly Labor Review, 2000
In 1998, 15 percent of unemployed job seekers used the Internet to seek jobs, as did half of all job seekers with online access from home. Internet search rates exceeded those of traditional methods, but Internet job seekers were more likely to use traditional methods as well. Unemployed blacks and Hispanics used the Internet least in job…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Employment Level, Internet, Job Search Methods
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Taylor, Maurice C. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1982
Examines effects of labor force participation on Black and White suicide. Criticizes theories that focus on fatalism and erosion of the Black family and suggests that occupation, the same factor that accounts for White male suicide rates, contributes heavily to an explanation of Black male and female suicide rates. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Level, Females, Homemakers
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Kirchner, Corinne; Peterson, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article analyzes national statistics from the perspective of underemployment among persons with visual loss. Figures are considered for temporary and part time work, occupational status, and annual earnings. (SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Employment Level, Occupational Surveys
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Mosisa, Abraham T. – Monthly Labor Review, 2002
Foreign-born workers have come to play an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy. Between 1996 and 2000, they constituted nearly half of the new increase in the U. S. labor force. (JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Foreign Workers
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Wanner, Richard A.; Lewis, Lionel S. – Social Forces, 1982
Analysis of educational levels and earnings associated with specific occupations supported seemingly conflicting explanations of inequality: (1) the job competition theory that education has no effect on equalization of earnings; and (2) the free market theory suggesting an effect of educational level on earnings and of unequal education on…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level, Income
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Schrammel, Kurt – Monthly Labor Review, 1998
Contradictory to expectations of labor market analysts, young adults born during the "baby bust" (1965-1976) have thus far been less successful, in terms of earnings and other labor market measures, then their "baby boom" counterparts. (Author)
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level, Labor Market
Barkume, Megan – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1998
The data presented here on 1993 college graduates show 92% were in the labor force and 26% in continuing education one year after graduation. Charts depict employment by major field: biological sciences, business/management, education, engineering, health care, history, humanities, math/physical sciences, psychology, public affairs, and social…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Continuing Education, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level
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Taylor, Robert Joseph; Taylor, Willie H. – Phylon, 1982
Presents a demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Black elderly. Indicates that elderly Blacks have lower income levels, less education, lower occupational status, less adequate housing, and lower health status than elderly Whites. (MJL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Hecker, Daniel E. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1982
Presents information on the labor force status, occupations of employed graduates, and graduate school status of graduates who received bachelor's degrees between July 1976 and June 1977. Data is analyzed for all graduates and for each of 19 major fields of study. (CT)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Graduate Study
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