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Janine Jongbloed; Johanna Turgetto; Lesley Andres; Wolfgang Lauterbach – Journal of Education and Work, 2024
This article compares the education, employment, and care work biographical sequences of Canadian and German women and men from late adolescence into mid-adulthood. Through the lenses of comparative gendered life course theory and welfare regime theory, sequence and cluster analyses are used to determine the adult life course sequences of women…
Descriptors: Education, Child Caregivers, Family Environment, Late Adolescents
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2015
In the United States, we tend to assume that young people should become educated and then go to work, as though the two were entirely separate stages of life. This dichotomy blinds us to the fact that work itself can be a powerful means of education-giving students opportunities to apply academic subject matter to real-world problems, and pushing…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Job Skills, Career Development, High Schools
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2015
For young people in the United States, whatever their backgrounds, one of the essential purposes of schooling should be to help them develop the knowledge, skills, and competence needed to search for and obtain work that they find at least reasonably satisfying. Our present educational system does precious little to introduce young people to the…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Job Skills, Career Development, High Schools
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2015
In the United States, we tend to assume that young people should become educated and then go to work, as though the two were entirely separate stages of life. This dichotomy blinds us to the fact that work itself can be a powerful means of education. Indeed, the workplace is where many young people become most engaged in learning high-level skills…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Job Skills, Career Development, High Schools

Kelly, Aidan; Brannick, Teresa; Hulpke, John; Levine, Jacqueline; To, Michelle – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2003
Human resource management data were collected from 149 Irish, 201 Hong Kong, 92 Singaporean, and 144 Chinese organizations. Career patterns and training practices showed distinct differences. Irish organizations were more likely to have lower levels of career paths; their training practices suggested more new forms of careers. Fewer paths indicate…
Descriptors: Careers, Cultural Differences, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Kunz, Jean Lock – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Youth represent one of the most culturally diverse groups in Canada. It has been shown that labour market participation among immigrant youth, especially those who are members of a visible minority, has been lower than the Canadian-born. Using the 1996 Census, this paper provides an overview of labour market attachment of immigrant and visible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Cultural Differences, Labor Market
Posadas, Barbara M. – 1999
The New Americans Series is designed for high school and general readers who want to know more about immigrant groups. This volume provides an in-depth look at Filipino Americans, who have been projected to be the largest group of Asian Americans by the year 2000. The emphasis is on those who arrived in the United States after 1965. The chapters…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Attainment
van Ours, Jan C.; Veenman, Justus – 2002
This study investigated the early labor market experiences of second generation immigrants in the Netherlands, focusing on Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, and Antilleans. Researchers examined those leaving school and their job experiences. Data came from a 1998 nationwide survey involving the four minority groups and a Dutch reference group in 13…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Ethnicity
Perkons, Rita – 1991
A survey of 104 individuals of non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESBs) living in South Australia nursing homes and personal care homes and staff of 75 institution housing NESB residents is reported. The study's objectives was to determine the culturally-based needs of the residents and the provision of culturally appropriate services to them. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Employment Patterns
Do, Hien Duc – 1999
The New American Series is designed for high school and general readers who want to know more about immigrant groups. This volume explores the history of Vietnamese immigration and analyzes the struggles of Vietnamese Americans to make a better future. Both minor economic success and serious problems are detailed. The chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Tores-Saillant, Silvio; Hernandez, Ramona – 1998
Books in the New Americans Series are designed for high school students and general readers who want to learn more about the immigrants who have become their new neighbors. This volume deals with the experience of Dominican Americans, a settled community in its North American abode. The book begins with a brief historical background that traces…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Dominicans
George, Priscilla – 2001
This paper describes approaches to literacy in Canadian aboriginal communities. It provides statistical data on education, employment, income, culture, language, and social issues among Canadian aboriginal people, comparing aboriginal people on and off the reserve. The statistics demonstrate issues that aboriginal literacy learners bring with them…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Differences, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Attainment
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Padrini, Flavio; Brandt, Nicola – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could inadvertently lead to increased income inequality and poverty. This paper focuses on the impact of institutions and redistributive policies on inequality and poverty with the view of assessing whether a trade-off between better labour…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
Shah, Chandra; Long, Michael – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
The labour market is one the most significant markets in modern economies. Today labour embodies increasing amounts of human capital in the form of skills, talents and knowledge. Migration of workers between regions and countries can contribute to efficiency. People are moving from areas in which they are underemployed or unemployed to areas in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Labor Market, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
A handbook for those involved in Southeast Asian refugee assistance discusses some of the values and customs that refugee groups from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam may have in common and looks at the different countries and peoples of the region. A section on the shared values and customs of Indochinese refugees focuses on aspects of family life,…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
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