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Peer reviewedShank, Susan E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
The author examines the data on workweek preferences and finds only moderate support for the hypothesis underlying the "backward bending labor supply curve," according to which an increase in rates of pay past a certain point induces workers to reduce their hours of work. (CT)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Employed Women, Full Time Equivalency, Income
Download full textBirdsall, Les – 1994
To determine factors affecting new students in their first semester, a study was conducted at Diablo Valley College, in California, to draw a profile and track 4,251 students who applied or were identified as new in fall 1992. Percentage distributions were calculated for the sample and for the sub-groups who applied only, completed testing only,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
