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Download full textSorensen, Aage B.; Fuerst, Sarah – 1975
This paper presents an analysis of black-white differences in job shifts based on panel data. Three topics are investigated: (1) whether a person intended to quit (a person's intention to quit); (2) whether or not a person actually quit his job; and (3) whether or not a person was laid off. The outcome of these events is analyzed in relation to…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Employee Attitudes
Bernstein, Blanche; And Others – 1972
The estimate of the income distribution of the Jewish population of New York City is based on the main on data from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census on the 1970 income distribution of the city's population. While the methodology used probably results in an underestimation of Jewish income and, therefore, an…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Census Figures, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Jencks, Christopher, Ed.; Peterson, Paul E., Ed. – 1991
This book comprises 19 essays that attempt to tell the truth about urban poverty, social dislocation, and changes in American family life. They show that the rise in the percentage of children living in poverty is due to an increasing number of female-headed households and a decline in the earnings of young men. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
National Committee for Full Employment, Washington, DC. – 1986
Although youth between the ages of 16 and 19 account for only 6.7 percent of the nation's labor force, they constitute 17.9 percent of the officially unemployed. Unemployment among youth is rising. More than 46 percent of the nation's black youth and nearly 39 percent of Hispanic children currently live below the poverty level. Moreover, real…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Employment, Black Youth, Demography
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1975
Data provided in this study encompass topics such as: labor force participation, unemployment, marital status, women heads of families, working mothers, the children of working mothers, education, employment status of high school dropouts, occupations, full-time and full-year workers, and earnings. Minority workers (data refers to all races other…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation and Research (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This factbook on youth employment contains 58 graphs and tables of data concerning social and economic indicators of the employment and employability development of youth aged 14 to 24 as per 1979. Indicators examined are population growth and distribution, marital and family status, educational status, labor force and employment status by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Crime, Delinquency
