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Sandell, Steven H. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1980
Unemployed women substantially reduce their reservation wages as the period of their unemployment progresses. Also, recipients of unemployment insurance are shown to ask for wages that are substantially higher than those asked for by other unemployed women. (CT)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Job Application, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance

Sandell, Steven H.; Shapiro, David – Journal of Human Resources, 1978
Utilizing data on the work experience of women, the authors examine both the empirical specification of human capital models of earnings in the presence of discontinuous work experience over the life cycle and simultaneous-equations models of wage determination and labor supply. (EM)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Job Training
Sandell, Steven H.; Shapiro, David – 1978
Based on the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women aged fourteen to twenty-four in 1968, a study was made to determine the impact that women's ex ante labor market expectations have on their salary and development and to examine the effect of women's postschool training and maturation (human capital accumulation) on wages. Six findings…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Expectation, Human Capital, Human Development
Sandell, Steven H. – 1978
To test the economic theory of job search and the rationality of job search behavior by unemployed married women, the importance of reservation wages (or wages requested for employment) was studied for its effect on the duration of unemployment and its relationship to the subsequent rate of pay upon reemployment. Models were established to explain…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities

Sandell, Steven H.; Shapiro, David – Journal of Human Resources, 1980
Human capital theory indicates that receipt of on-the-job training is positively related to expectations of future labor force participation. Young women may underestimate their future labor force attachment and therefore underinvest in on-the-job training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Employment Problems
Sandell, Steven H.; Shapiro, David – 1976
This paper discusses specification and interpretation of human capital models of women's earnings when data on actual work experience are available. It uses the segmented earnings function framework developed by Jacob Mincer and Solomon Polachek and considers the effects of data errors, issues involving data interpretation, consequences of model…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Background, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)