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Hunkerstorm, Louisa; Prescott, Brian – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
Recent years have seen accelerating interest in measuring the employment outcomes of recent college graduates. New data tools and research, such as the College Scorecard, increasingly sophisticated state-level data systems, and studies investigating students' long-term economic mobility, continue to roll out. While postgraduate wages have been an…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment, Wages, Geographic Location
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James Kaemmerer; Matt Foulkes – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2024
This study examined the post-graduation employment location preferences of international students preparing to participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program in the United States. An exploratory survey asked international students in their final semesters at three midwestern public universities to indicate their employment location…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Graduates, Relocation, Career Planning
Bloomfield, Amber; Rose, Bess A.; Preston, Alison M.; Henneberger, Angela K. – Association for Institutional Research, 2020
Brain drain--the movement of high school and college graduates out of state for employment--is a concern for state policymakers. This study focuses on brain drain of students who graduate from high school in Maryland. Using data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System and applying propensity score matching to control for differences between the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Migration Patterns, Relocation, Student Mobility
Kenway, Jane; Fahey, Johannah – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2006
This paper focuses on the shifting terrain of mobile researchers beginning with an overview of research and research policy on "brain mobility", and then discussing what we call their optical illusions/delusions. Subsequently, our main purpose is to elaborate on a line of inquiry that offers richer notions of researcher mobility, connectivity and…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Relocation, Ethnography, Researchers
Charters, W. W., Jr. – 1972
This paper comprises a compilation of information on the positional mobility and migration of superintendents and superintendent-principals within the Oregon public school system. The author reports on studies of 43 superintendents who left their positions in one year. He analyzes (1) the turnover rate and the school system size, (2) the mobility…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Research, Employment Patterns, Occupational Mobility
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Bach, Robert L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
Samples from immigration data compiled on the recent influx of Cuban refugees to the United States are analyzed for demographic characteristics and occupational histories, and compared with the resettlement experiences of earlier groups of Cuban immigrants. (SK)
Descriptors: Cubans, Employment Patterns, Foreign Policy, Migration Patterns
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Stinner, William F.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1993
In Hebei Province (China), interprovincial migrants, particularly recent ones, were found to have higher status jobs than lifetime residents in both urban and rural areas. Upper-rung employment was associated with gender and educational attainment, but the most consistent explanation of occupational distribution emphasizes psychological and social…
Descriptors: Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
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Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. – International Migration Review, 1996
Data from the 1990 U.S. Census on the effect of admission criteria on immigrant earnings profiles found that nonoccupation-based immigration, usually family-based, was associated with lower entry earnings but higher earnings growth than occupation-based immigration. Earnings became nearly equal after 11 to 18 years. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Criteria, Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit)
Beale, Calvin L. – 1972
The purpose of this paper is to review recent trends in the rural and/or nonmetropolitan population and to indicate some of the linkages and implications for national population policy. The vast rural to urban migration of the last generation was necessary and rational, since most migrants believed they benefitted by moving. Although much of the…
Descriptors: Community Size, Demography, Employment Patterns, Farmers
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Stern, James L.; And Others – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
The replica study finds that workers who chose to be retrained did not increase their earnings by this choice, either with or without the conventional controls. Additional controls used--measures of social-psychological traits and use of the State Employment Service--were found to be irrelevant to changes in earnings. (MW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Services, Income, Individual Characteristics
Swaim, Paul – Rural Development Perspectives, 1990
In 1981-86, approximately 10 million workers were displaced from full-time jobs, with displacement proportionately higher among nonmetro workers, high school dropouts, and production workers. Nonmetro displaced workers were more likely than metro workers to experience long unemployment, relocate, or change occupations and earn less at new jobs.…
Descriptors: Career Change, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Income
deWolff, Pieter; And Others – 1965
To determine the relationship between wage structure and employment patterns available evidence on changes in relative earnings and in relative numbers employed were surveyed for periods up to 15 years in 10 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some findings…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Hackenberg, Robert A.; Wilson, C. Roderick – Human Organization, 1972
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Study, Employment Patterns, Migration Patterns
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Hatton, N. G.; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1991
Study of primary and secondary Australian teachers identified causes of high turnover in locations difficult to staff. A questionnaire examined stability, mobility, education, current appointment, and future preferences. Teachers preferred the familiar or desirable areas. Student teaching experience in difficult locations increased the likelihood…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries
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Clinton, Lawrence; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1975
The economic consequences of urban relocation and the relationship of pre-relocation experiences and migrant characteristics to successful completion of vocational training and employment are assessed for 202 male American Indian relocatees who had participated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Direct Employment or Adult Vocational Training…
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Males
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