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Bebie, Kerry A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purposes of this descriptive study were to better describe to the administrators of a Midwestern university the strengths and weaknesses of its physical education program, to furnish a description of the alumni with respect to employment longevity in the field of physical education, employment trends, and attitudes toward the program. The…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teacher Education, Alumni, College Graduates
Warunsiri, Sasiwimon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is composed of three studies on Thai labor markets using a pseudo-panel data set: The first chapter estimates the rate of return to education in Thailand, while treating the endogeneity bias common to estimates from data on individuals. Pseudo-panel data are constructed from repeated cross sections of Labor Force Surveys…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Income, Correlation
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Davis, Kelly D.; Goodman, W. Benjamin; Pirretti, Amy E.; Almeida, David M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
Data from two studies assessed the effects of nonstandard work schedules on perceived family well-being and daily stressors. Study 1, using a sample of employed, married adults aged 25-74 (n = 1,166) from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States, showed that night work was associated with perceptions of greater marital instability,…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Working Hours, Family Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
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Warschauer, Mark; Matuchniak, Tina – Review of Research in Education, 2010
In this chapter, the authors take a broad perspective on how to analyze issues of technology and equity for youth in the United States. They begin with "access" as a starting point, but consider not only whether diverse groups of youth have digital media available to them but also how that access is supported or constrained by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Access to Computers, Computer Science Education
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Bozick, Robert – RTI International, 2008
In this paper, I use a nationally representative sample of American high school seniors in 1992 to examine change and stability in the employment patterns of youth as they make the transition from high school to college. Students with weak attachments to the labor force in high school tend to remain unemployed during the first year of college.…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Student Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Poole, Millicent E.; Langan-Fox, Janice – 1997
A study examined psychological and contextual influences on the courses of Australian women's lives and careers. Data were obtained from two sources: (1) the Career Development Project (CDP), a longitudinal study of 3,000 Australian men and women who were selected from an initial sample of 17-year-olds in 1973 and whose educational and career…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education