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Siriwardana, Mahinda; Jayalath, Bandara A. – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1993
A study of female-male employment and earnings patterns in the Australian manufacturing sector (1911-36) and specifically the clothing and textile sector found that females were heavily discriminated against in areas dominated by males (such as leather goods). (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Females, Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry

Yuen, Terence – Journal of Human Resources, 2003
Canadian panel data 1988-90 were used to compare estimates of minimum-wage effects based on a low-wage/high-worker sample and a low-wage-only sample. Minimum-wage effect for the latter is nearly zero. Different results for low-wage subgroups suggest a significant effect for those with longer low-wage histories. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Low Income
Bellmann, Lutz – 1996
The relationship between wage differentiation and long-term unemployment was examined in a study that considered data regarding long-term unemployment and minimum wages in the United States, Japan, and 10 member nations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Data regarding wages and unemployment in the 11 countries were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Developed Nations, Employment Level
Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared – 1995
Numerous sources of data about family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty were used to analyze the impact of the economy on living standards in the United States in 1994-1995. It was discovered that most individuals in the United States are worse off in the 1990s than they were at the end of the 1970s. Between 1979 and 1989,…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Economic Factors