In Belarus, the ways in which statistics are compiled, the complex rules for registering as unemployed, and the segmentation of the labor market and job-seeking activities, all combine to hide the actual levels of employment and unemployment. This in turn makes it difficult to develop appropriate and effective labor policies, and to have support…

In this article, the authors use a large, recent, and accessible data set to examine the effect of economics major on individual earnings. They find a significant positive earnings gain for economics majors relative to other majors, and this advantage increases with the level of education. Their findings are consistent with Black, Sanders, and…

This study examines the labor market gains for students who enrolled at for-profit colleges after beginning their post-secondary education in community college. We use student-level administrative record data from college transcripts, Unemployment Insurance earnings data, and progression data from the National Student Clearinghouse across full…

In this explorative study, we first investigate current use of public library statistics in public library management to identify a governing framework and then carefully suggest an alternative framework with income as a goal for sustainability. The meaning of income in terms of management is also discussed. Within this framework, we conduct a…

A recent series of papers has renewed interest in the question of whether consumption data are superior to income data for poverty measurement. Although the Census Bureau has provided researchers with an experimental series of variables that can produce a comprehensive income measure, this resource has not been fully exploited in previous…

Forecasting from an educational planner's viewpoint, this study projects national and New York State revenues and expenditures until 1990. It is also intended to provide methodological guides for educational planners. Projections assume the continuation of long-term cyclical trends. Four basic procedures were used to project economic data: the…

Many states overutilize some kinds of tax and underutilize others. Where tax utilization is unbalanced, additional revenues may be garnered from an underutilized tax. This study compares the relative shares of total state or local tax burdens that are borne by the three most important taxes: property taxes, sales and gross receipts taxes, and…

Statistical indicators of inequality of educational opportunity developed through this study were applied to 1970 census information concerning school resources and revenues and pupil characteristics to assess the extent of inequality in elementary and secondary schools. Educational equality is defined as the prevailing view that all students…

Substantial differences exist between the incomes of white and black Americans. These differences in income are a major aspect of inequality between blacks and whites. Improvements and declines in black income relative to white income have roughly paralleled expansions and contractions in the business cycle. Income differences are related to a…

Results of the 1979 Comparative Performance Study of the National Association of College and Business Officers are presented. The study is designed to aid administrators in evaluating the performance of their investment pools. The report covers comparative performance information and related investment performance statistics and other endowment…

This report contains the original article by Christopher Jencks and Mary Jo Bane on inequality, which was based on the book entitled, Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America, by Christopher Jencks and others. To assist school administrators in assessing Jencks' findings, the American Association of School…

A review of trends in broadcasting and an overall economic profile of the broadcasting industry for 1972, with projections for 1973, are given by a collection of tables and graphs. The first portion presents data on total advertising expenditures and trends, along with information on the gross national product and personal consumption spending.…

This critique of Jencks' book on inequality suggests that Jencks and other authors, in criticizing the concept of equal educational opportunity, have considered only one or two dimensions of that concept. In Jencks' case, the report notes, equality was measured only in vocational/economic terms, with the political, social, moral, intellectual, or…

Construction funding for Council of Teaching Hospital (COTH) members has changed dramatically in the past decade. Funding trends are reported for COTH institutions for the years 1969 to 1977, and detailed comparisons are presented for three groups for 1977: COTH state and local government hospitals, COTH voluntary hospitals, and U.S. nonfederal…

The ranked lists of South Carolina school district and county data contain information that may be useful to local school authorities in interpreting, comparing, and evaluating certain aspects of their educational programs. The tables were prepared from data entered in the records of public information. Data include school enrollment, attendance,…