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Jones, Karen – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Against a background of Bologna process goals to improve employment prospects for PhD graduates, and the crisis of precarious employment conditions and prospects afflicting postdoctoral researchers -- hitherto postdocs, the OECD ([2021], "Reducing the Precarity of Academic Research Careers." In "OECD Science, Technology and Industry…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Gender Differences
Wu, Rongxiu; Corbin, Amanda; Goldstein, Penina; Adams, Chithra; Rumrill, Phillip; Bishop, Malachy; Sheppard-Jones, Kathy – Human Development Institute, 2019
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world, and it is increasing in incidence and prevalence in the United States. Some 10,000 new cases of MS are diagnosed each year in the US (Kalb, 2016). Initial symptoms are most often evident during early adulthood, typically between the ages of 20 and 50 (Kalb,…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Unemployment, Neurological Impairments, Employment Patterns
Podgursky, Michael; Swaim, Paul – 1990
A study examined the labor market mobility of displaced workers, using a new data file that matches the January 1984, 1986, and 1988 Displaced Worker Surveys (DWS) to the March Current Population Surveys in the same years. This large database provides information on displaced workers and their families and permits comparison of the geographic…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Rones, Philip L.; Herz, Diane E. – 1989
This document analyzes the labor market problems of displaced older workers. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the magnitude of the problems of unemployment, discouragement, and displacement of older workers. The outcomes of unemployment are discussed, with attention to the duration of unemployment, the effects of displacement, and…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Salvo, Joseph J.; McNeil, John M. – Current Population Reports, 1984
This study presents data from the 1979 Income Survey Development Program (ISDP) on lifetime work interruptions and examines the relationship between work interruptions and earnings. Descriptive data showing the extent to which men and women have experienced work interruptions are presented, followed by an analysis of the impact of work…
Descriptors: Adults, Black Employment, Blacks, Education Work Relationship
Kuhn, Peter J., Ed. – 2002
This volume presents 6 papers by 22 labor economists who examine and address worker displacement in 10 industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, United States). "Summary and Synthesis" (Peter J. Kuhn) discusses these four categories of lessons learned from panel…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers