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White, Ian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertain economic conditions due to restrictions put in place to control the spread of the virus. These restrictions have significantly impacted the economic activities of businesses and industries, and in turn the demand for labour. As the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia continues, it is…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
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De Grip, Andries; And Others – International Labour Review, 1997
A comparison of the incidence of atypical employment in 11 European countries shows that high rates of part-time employment mitigate unemployment, but high proportions of temporary employment seem to coincide with high unemployment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Part Time Employment
Fuentes, Andres – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for workers in low-income households, subject to a minimum of hours worked, could lower barriers to higher…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns
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Goldfarb, Robert S. – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
The article reviews recent research examining the impact of minimum wage requirements on the size and distribution of teenage employment and earnings. The studies measure income distribution, employment levels and effect on unemployment. (MW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Minimum Wage
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Passmore, David Lynn; Welch, Frederick G. – Adolescence, 1983
Examined the relationship between preferences for part-time work and the personal characteristics of unemployed youths (N=2,087) using data from the March 1979 Current Population Survey. Age and school enrollment were the strongest correlates of desire for part-time work. Additional research is needed on the consequences of youth unemployment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Part Time Employment
Houseman, Susan N.; Polivka, Anne E. – 1999
A study examined the job stability of workers in the following flexible staffing arrangements: agency temporary, direct-hire temporary, on-call, contract company, independent contractor, and regular part-time work. Two data sources were used in the analysis. The first was a nationwide survey of employers on their use of flexible staffing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
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Raelin, Joseph A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Studied work experience of the young male cohort (ages 14-24) of the National Longitudinal Surveys. Results indicated part-time employment was a viable early labor market alternative related to later economic and occupational success. Early career unemployment was not critical in retarding personal economic advancement but had negative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Full Employment Action Council, Washington, DC. – 1986
The number of persons working part-time for economic reasons increased 60 percent (by 2.112 million workers) between 1979 and 1985. Although total wage and salary employment is up since 1979, nearly one in five new positions is a part-time job filled by a worker unsuccessful in finding full-time employment. Sixty-two percent of those working…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Females
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1986
This bulletin contains information, culled from the March 1985 Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), on the employment problems faced by American workers in 1984 and the impact of these problems on the economic status of their families and households. The following employment problems are…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Family Income, Family Relationship
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Shank, Susan E.; Getz, Patricia M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
Describes labor market developments in 1985 for major age-sex, race-ethnic, industrial, and occupational groups. It also examines the performance of key employment and unemployment indicators in cyclical terms and evaluates selected developments from a secular perspective. Data discussed in this article come from two sources: household interviews…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
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Sehgal, Ellen – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Employment increased in 1983 with these major trends: an increase in full-time, year-round employment for women; a decrease in employment for men, especially older men; more Black women employed full-time, year-round than White women; more Black unemployment than White; and more Hispanic employment than Black. (CT)
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Family Income
Lichter, Daniel T. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Using measures sensitive to rural labor market conditions, determined that nearly a third of the rural labor force is underemployed--by being out of a job, working for low pay, or working too few hours. The current system of calculating unemployment rate seriously underestimates the extent of economic hardship in rural areas. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Federal Aid, Financial Policy, Low Income Groups
Walwei, Ulrich; Werner, Heinz – IAB Labour Market Research Topics, 1996
The feasibility of policies encouraging more part-time employment as a cure for unemployment in Germany was examined through a comparison of the employment policies and labor markets of selected Organization for Economic Development (OECD) countries and the United States. OECD labor force statistics for the years 1972-1992 were analyzed to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Folk, Hugh – 1968
An analysis of existing data on youth unemployment was used to (1) review the reasons for high and rising youth unemployment, (2) account for high youth unemployment in 1966, and (3) measure the importance of the various causes of rising youth unemployment. Summary findings included--(1) Relatively high rates of youth unemployment are to be…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Labor Economics, Labor Force, Labor Market
Maxfield, Betty D.; And Others – 1976
A NSF- and NIH-sponsored survey of a sample of 5,000 Ph.D.'s in science and engineering was undertaken in 1973 and l975 to obtain current data on their educational, employment, and career patterns. This report analyzes the employment situation by examining demographic and employment characteristics. Several employment categories are identified:…
Descriptors: Demography, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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