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Roberts, Ashley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
This Data Point uses data from the 2009 follow-up to the 2004 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study to examine the rates of employment among students who do and do not earn a postsecondary credential, and among those who earn a credential in an occupational versus academic field. The Data Point also looks at the percent of students…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Postsecondary Education, College Graduates, Credentials
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015
This third installment of "Hard Times" updates the previous analyses of college majors, unemployment, and earnings over the Great Recession. While there is wide variation by college majors, hard times have become better times for most college graduates, but the recovery is far from complete. Hard times are becoming better times for most…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Students, Unemployment, College Graduates
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
Misra, Satya Narayan; Ghadai, Sanjaya Ku. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Merit Goods have always received handsome attention and allocation from countries which have witnessed a congruence between high significant economic growth and Human Development Index (HDI). The Emerging Market Economies (EMEs) have become significant manufacturing hubs by universalizing education and improving their Incremental Capital Output…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Human Capital
Schneider, Daniel – Future of Children, 2015
In the contemporary United States, marriage is closely related to money. Men and (perhaps to a lesser extent) women with more education, higher incomes, larger stocks of wealth, and more stable employment are more likely to marry than are people in more precarious economic positions. But is this relationship truly causal? That is, does economic…
Descriptors: Marriage, Money Management, Income, Employment Level
Cimera, Robert Evert; Wehman, Paul; West, Michael; Burgess, Sloane – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study investigated whether sheltered workshops help prepare individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for competitive employment within the community. Two groups of individuals were compared: (a) 215 supported employees who were in sheltered workshops prior to entering supported employment and (b) 215 supported employees who were not in…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employees, Autism, Sheltered Workshops
Daly, Anne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Two features of the labour market for vocationally qualified workers are explored in this technical paper: the likelihood of self-employment versus wage employment and the determinants of income. The analysis showed that demographic, occupational and local labour market characteristics all influence the likelihood of self-employment. Self-employed…
Descriptors: Self Employment, Employment Level, Income, Qualifications
Firkowska-Mankiewicz, Anna – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
The author's plenary address at the 3rd International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities-Europe Conference in Rome, Italy (October 2010), provided a retrospective overview of a longitudinal study conducted with a cohort of pre-teens (11 and 13 years of age) residing in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1970s. The intent was to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Intelligence, Employment Level
Keng, Shao-Hsun; Lo, Ya-Fen – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2011
Taiwan is one of the few countries in which bachelor degrees can be earned by attending either 4-year academic colleges or vocational colleges. This paper offers new evidence on whether returns to B.A. degrees are significantly different between academic and vocational 4-year colleges using the 1998-1999 Taiwanese College Graduate Survey. The…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment Level, College Graduates, Foreign Countries
Cohen, Dale J.; White, Sheida; Cohen, Steffaney B. – Written Communication, 2011
The present study documents everyday adult writing by type of text and medium (computer or paper) in an "in vivo" diary study. The authors compare writing patterns by gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, age and working status. The study results reveal that (a) writing time varied with demographic variables for networkers, but…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
Fusco, Rachel A.; Rautkis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2012
The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though little is known about the experiences of interracial families. Previous work indicates that biracial children may be at elevated risk of entering the child welfare system. This could underscore additional risks faced by these families. This document includes data from the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Employment Level, At Risk Persons, Intervention
Zhang, Xuelin – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
This study examines earnings losses associated with motherhood using longitudinal administrative Canadian data. Contrary to the endogenous motherhood hypothesis, the author found no dips in earnings for women during their prechildbirth years. Although the results show that earnings losses incurred by mothers in the year of childbirth and the year…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Birth
Betz, Marian E.; Valley, Morgan A.; Lowenstein, Steven R.; Hedegaard, Holly; Thomas, Deborah; Stallones, Lorann; Honigman, Benjamin – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
Suicide rates are higher at high altitudes; some hypothesize that hypoxia is the cause. We examined 8,871 suicides recorded in 2006 in 15 states by the National Violent Death Reporting System, with the victim's home county altitude determined from the National Elevation Dataset through FIPS code matching. We grouped cases by altitude (low less…
Descriptors: Suicide, Psychological Patterns, At Risk Persons, Geographic Location
Craun, Sarah W. – Crime & Delinquency, 2010
The goal of sex offender registration is to protect residents from recidivistic sexual offenders by providing public information about local offenders. This study determines what percentage of residents living near registered sex offenders are aware of the offenders and the predictors of awareness. The investigational group includes randomly…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Prevention
Rolleston, Caine – Online Submission, 2011
Fosterage is an important cultural institution which serves to strengthen kinship solidarity among a range of other functions including meeting needs for child labour. Its effects on education are ambiguous. This study examines fostering as a possible contributor to the low levels of educational access and progress in the district using secondary…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Influences, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Foster Care