'Employers know that they can hire worldwide now … so, there is limitless supply of people … who can do the job … . they're all qualified, most of them are actually over-qualified … . I'm a wage slave basically, I don't think we have very much social status … . we are replaceable workers … I mean, the employer holds all the cards really. We are…

Machines are eating humans' jobs talents. And it is not just about jobs that are repetitive and low skill. Automation, robotics, algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) in recent times have shown they can do equal or sometimes even better work than humans who are dermatologists, insurance claims adjusters, lawyers, seismic testers in oil…

The economic boom of the 1990s veiled a grim reality: in addition to the growing gap between rich and poor, the gap between good and bad quality jobs was also expanding. The postwar prosperity of the mid-twentieth century had enabled millions of American workers to join the middle class, but as author Arne L. Kalleberg shows, by the 1970s this…

Research has shown that several criteria underlie people's opinions about the welfare deservingness of benefit recipients. However, it remains unknown which factors are associated with the emphasis that people place on such criteria. Using a 2006 Dutch national survey on the welfare deservingness of disability pension recipients, we study the…

The aim of this paper is to study occupational segregation by gender in Spain, which is a country where occupational segregation explains a large part of the gender wage gap. As opposed to previous studies, this paper measures not only overall segregation, but also the segregation of several population subgroups. For this purpose, this paper uses…

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…

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…

Role of work in our society will change; fertility patterns will affect the direction of change and the climate in which choices will be made. (Editor)

The Special Labor Force Report shows that 8.7 percent of workers changed occupations between January, 1972, and January, 1973. The article discusses and tabulates data related to current patterns of mobility; demographic characteristics; flows among occupations; distribution by age, sex, and race; and job and industrial mobility. (Author/MW)

This report examines trends in the world of work and the economy that affect families. Part 1 presents a futurist's perspective on the changing world of work and how it affects families. Topics include finance capitalism in a global economy, values, work force, compensation and employee benefits, employment and unemployment, government,…

Written in response to T. G. McGee's recent discussion of the "peasants in cities" paradox (see EJ080361), this article argues that a modified version of Eric Wolf's definition of "peasants" is the most useful one currently available. (Author/KM)

T. G. McGee responds to Barry Isaac's article (RC501590), which discusses McGee's earlier article (see EJ080361) defining "peasants in cities". (KM)

While individuals from outside Alaska are recruited at premium pay, attracted with various monetary incentives, the Alaska Native experiences an extremely high rate of population increase which constitutes a virtually wasted labor reservoir. This study is intended as a benchmark approach against which the rate of progress of the Alaska Native…

This pamphlet is a publication of the Administration on Aging. It presents the following statistical information on older Americans: their number, geographic distribution, life expectancy, cost of personal health care, living arrangements, marital status, income, employment, health status and health care utilization. (SJL)

Notes that manpower needs in a technological society change rapidly, and that these changes require that distributive educators continually evaluate their programs and make modifications that reflect current manpower trends. To help distributive educators in determining manpower needs effectively, a model is presented to aid in making the…