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Imdorf, Christian; Helbling, Laura Alexandra; Inui, Akio – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Even though Japan and Switzerland are characterised by comparatively low youth unemployment rates, non-standard forms of employment are on the rise, posing a risk to the stable integration of young labour market entrants. Drawing on the French approach of societal analysis, this paper investigates how country-specific school-to-work transition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Entry Workers, Education Work Relationship
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Sanderson, Matthew; Painter, Matthew, II – Rural Sociology, 2011
In the 1990s, Mexican immigration dispersed spatially, leading to the emergence of many "new destinations," in nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Previous studies constrain the scope of the analysis to the United States, limiting our understanding of how new destinations are formed. We place new destination formation into a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Supply and Demand, Multivariate Analysis
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Lu, Luo – Journal of Career Development, 2011
The aim of this research was to explore demographic, familial, and attitudinal correlates of Taiwanese women's employment status. Using data from a representative nationwide sample of female workers aged 21 and above (N = 1,047), the author found that (a) the employment rate of females decreased steadily with age, with no sign of reentry into the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Employment Level, Family Income, Females
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Kostoglou, Vassilis; Garmpis, Aristogiannis; Koilias, Christos; Van der Heijden, Beatrice – European Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Nowadays, the successful transition of graduates from university into the world of work is one of the most important priorities of all involved stakeholders: governments, institutions of higher education, and individuals, as well as researchers. The present study analyzes the employability characteristics of higher technological education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Technology Education, Technical Institutes
Polidano, Cain; Zakirova, Rezida – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Working in some capacity is almost considered de rigueur for tertiary students. The reasons for working and the impact this has on both an individual's ability to complete their studies and on their post-study labour market outcomes are only recently receiving attention. Using the 1995 and 1998 cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Hours, Higher Education, Income
Felstead, Alan; Jewson, Nick; Phizacklea, Annie; Walters, Sally – 2000
The patterns, extent, and problems of working at home in the United Kingdom were examined through a multivariate analysis of data from the Labour Force Survey, which has questioned respondents about the location of their workplace since 1992. The numbers of people working "mainly" at home increased from 345,920 (1.5%) in 1981 to 680,612…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities