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Rehabilitation-Related Research on Disability and Employer Practices Using Individual-Based National and Administrative Data Sets
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Nazarov, Zafar E.; Erickson, William A.; Bruyère, Susanne M. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2014
Objective: It is useful to examine workplace factors influencing employment outcomes of individuals with disabilities and the interplay of disability, employment-related, and employer characteristics to inform rehabilitation practice. Design: A number of large national survey and administrative data sets provide information on employers and can…
Descriptors: Data, Data Analysis, Statistical Data, Employment Practices
Employer Learning and the Signaling Value of Education. National Longitudinal Surveys Discussion Paper.
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Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
A statistical analysis was performed to test the hypothesis that, if profit-maximizing firms have limited information about the general productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to discriminate statistically among workers. Information about employer learning was obtained by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization
Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination. National Longitudinal Surveys Discussion Paper.
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Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
The relationship between employer learning and statistical discrimination was explored through a statistical analysis that included a test for statistical discrimination or "rational" stereotyping in environments where agents learn over time. The test is used to study the working hypothesis that, because firms have only limited…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization, Models
A STUDY OF THE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN WISCONSIN.
RAJAN, G. SOUNDARA – 1966
THIS STUDY OF WISCONSIN'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN BUILDING, METAL AND OTHER TRADES DESCRIBES THE ROLES OF UNIONS, EMPLOYERS, ADVISORY COMMITTEES, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, AND THE STATE. IT ANALYZES REGISTRATIONS, COMPLETIONS, AND DROPOUTS, AND REPORTS THE OPINION FINDINGS FROM RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO APPRENTICES, DROPOUTS, AND EMPLOYERS.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Dropout Research, Dropouts
The Assessment of Business and Industry Needs; Phase II of Multi-County Assessment of Adult Needs Project (MAP).
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Ferguson, L. G.; And Others – 1975
In order to assess the felt needs and interests of the local population and business community relative to education and training, a survey was designed and implemented in the four-county area surrounding Waco, Texas. This volume, part two of a three part series, documents the work done in developing and conducting the business and industry…
Descriptors: Business, Curriculum Development, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Campesinas: Women Farmworkers in the California Agricultural Labor Force. Report of a Study Project by The California Commission on the Status of Women.
Barton, Amy E. – 1978
A one year descriptive study of demographic characteristics, employment situations, and supportive services needs of women farmworkers in the California labor force was conducted in 1977-78. Data were collected in interviews with both employers and 400 women and 200 men engaged in farmwork in Fresno and Imperial Counties. Most of the women were of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes