During the late 1990s, the convergence of women's labor force participation rates to men's rates came to a halt. This paper explores the degree to which the role of education and marriage in women's labor supply decisions also changed over this time period. Specifically, this paper investigates women's decisions to exit the labor market upon the…

Career development research has often explored gender differences in and development of career patterns (Gottfredson, 2006). Hyde's (2005) meta-analysis indicated that men and women shared more similarities than differences. Applying Hyde's gender similarities hypothesis to careers, the authors conducted a 2-stage study. Stage 1 was an analysis of…

Identity orientations and employment histories of 203 women receiving public assistance were examined. Those with informational or passive styles received over 1 year of welfare. Those with diffuse/avoidant styles received welfare for more than 3 years and changed jobs more frequently in the last 12 months. (Contains 37 references.) (SK)

Using 1990 survey data on New South Wales (Australia) universities, this study examined women's location and status within the organizational hierarchy. Results are reported and some issues surrounding women's relative absence in central decision-making management positions are explored. Discussion is set within the context of feminist research on…

Examined perceptions of women college graduates (n=94) regarding influence of chance and contingency factors upon career patterns 25 years after graduation. Findings indicated significant proportion perceived eight contingency factors and chance factor "Unexpected Personal Events" as influential in career patterns. Found Low…

A study of the effects of Sweden's recent educational reforms on women found persistent educational and occupational segregation. It is suggested that the reforms were based on "rational efficiency" models that have little to do with how women make education and work decisions, and that equalization will not occur until reforms…

The educational development of three groups of women college graduates with different work patterns was traced from high school through college to discover the kinds of experiences that are important in decisions to enter and remain in the labor force after college, despite the constraints of marriage and child-rearing. (AF)

Examines relationship between employment earnings and farm wives' decisions to work off-farm. Examines effects of wives' human capital, home factors, and labor market on work decisions and earnings. Education, experience, debt, and farm size were stronger influences on wives' decisions than on their earnings variations, once employed. (TES)

A study is reported which focused on career formation including ways in which perceptions and expectations are modified by changing economic and social conditions. Chapter 2 overviews the twenty-three tables in this report which highlight results of analysis of data from two Institute for Demographic and Economic Studies, Inc. surveys and the…

This paper argues that the military plays an extremely important role in youth labor markets by providing not only jobs but also experience and training which can later be transferred to the civilian labor market. Following the introduction, section II examines the military's demand for labor; its fluctuations due to secular, cyclical, and…