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Peer reviewedLoury, Linda Datcher – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997
Analysis of National Longitudinal Survey and of High School and Beyond data pinpoints the reason for a decline in the gender earnings gap, 1979-86 among college-educated workers. Changes in estimated effects of college grades and major for women account for almost all of the decline, indicating growth in the market price of women's skills. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employed Women, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Download full textCasey, Florence M., Ed. – 1979
Using data from the fifteen-year National Longitudinal Study (NLS), a special study examined the interaction of work-related attitudes and subsequent behavior for eight age-sex-race groups. It was found that attitudes do influence subsequent work behavior. Specifically, it was established that individuals who felt they could influence their future…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Attitudes, Blacks, Employed Women
