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Hartmann, Heidi; Whittaker, Julie – 1998
Currently, the median full-time woman worker earns 74.4 percent of the annual earnings of the median man. Over their lifetime, young women stand to lose a great deal of money due to differences in the wages for women and men. Estimates are that the average 25-year-old woman who works full time year round for 40 years will earn $523,000 less than…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Gottfredson, Gary D.; Daiger, Denise C. – 1977
Employment data from the 1960 and 1970 censuses were organized using the occupational classification system of John Holland to examine age, sex, and level differences in employment and to detect changes over the 10-year period. Data were organized by both kind and level of work in an attempt to answer the following questions: What are the relative…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Demography
Carnoy, Martin; And Others – 1976
A study examined the patterns of employment in the public sector as compared to the private, possible changes in that pattern in the last decade, and implications for educational policy. By using the human capital concept (employment patterns depend on productivity differences in individuals) and labor market segmentation analysis, the following…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Business, Community Organizations
Sum, Andrew – 1999
This document, which is based on data gathered during the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), examines the literacy skills of the U.S. civilian labor force, including the employed and unemployed. The following topics are among those discussed: (1) human resources and the U.S. economy; (2) literacy proficiencies of the nation's labor force;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Age Differences
Donahue, John D.; Lynch, Lisa M.; Whitehead, Ralph, Jr. – 2000
The current situation regarding training Massachusetts' workers for the new economy was reviewed. Special attention was paid to the following topics: Massachusetts and the skill-centered economy; opportunities for workforce system reform; skills demanded in the new economy; ways other states are building workers' skills; and the fragile setting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
Data pertaining to Australia's publicly funded vocational education and training (VET) sector in 1999 were reviewed. Both national-level and state/territory-level data on the following topics were reviewed: VET providers and delivery systems; student characteristics; enrollment trends; program costs and financing mechanisms; and apprentices and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Apprenticeships, Certification, Comparative Analysis
