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Carbine, Michael E. – Manpower, 1974
Employer demands for college education rise as enrollments fall. (Author)
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Practices
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1980
This document contains the proceedings of a high-level conference on the Employment of Women, attended by labor ministers and other high officials of countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Delegates to the conference adopted a 14-point declaration pledging themselves to achieve equality of…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Economic Development, Employed Women
Riche-Warren, Mary; And Others – 1976
A survey of 13,582 employees of 261 employers was conducted in Iowa to determine if women are underemployed (i.e., not employed in positions or at pay levels commensurate with their education, previous work experience and aspirations) and underutilized (i.e., not employed in certain types and levels of positions to the same extent as their…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedScanlan, James P. – Public Interest, 1988
Discusses the use of statistical analysis to identify patterns of discrimination in employment. Analyzes the effects of job segregation on women and minorities at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. (FMW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level
Compton, David M.; Vinton, Dennis A.
In response to the need for up-to-date information on employment opportunities for handicapped people in the leisure occupations, a national survey was conducted to determine both existing levels of employment and employer practices. The survey was sent to 500 agencies and businesses representing four leisure occupational subclusters: travel,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Download full textWenger, Jeffrey – 2001
Most research in the area of nonstandard work arrangements continues to find differences in wages, benefits, and career prospects between full-time and part-time (PT) workers. Wages and fringe benefits are almost always lower for PT workers. Women who work PT are 88% less likely and men are 86% less likely to receive health insurance or a pension…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Economic Climate, Employed Women
Wong, Ging, Ed.; Picot, Garnett, Ed. – 2001
This is the first of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference on "Changes in Working Time in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters focus on weekly hours worked by individuals, including the recent changes in the distribution of weekly working time in Canada and the U.S., implications of the changing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Employment, Employment Level
Rouhelo, Anne; Ruoholinna, Tarita – 2000
Research synthesized from three studies of the Finnish labor market indicates that a rapidly changing working life in Finland (and the rest of Europe) sets many different challenges for the workforce. In Finland, the population is even more aged than in the other European Union (EU) member states, and the transition of older workers to retirement…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography
