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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
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Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
The principle of decent work was first espoused in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since 1999 the International Labour Organisation has operated according to a Decent Work Agenda and in recent times the movement towards the provision of decent work as a means of improving the quality of life has gathered momentum. Decent work is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Civil Rights, Quality of Working Life
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Corney, Tim; Broadbent, Robyn; Darmanin, Lisa – Youth Studies Australia, 2009
Recent attempts at professionalising the youth sector have focused on "codes of ethics" and left pay and conditions issues to community sector unions. The authors suggest that the history of nursing in Victoria provides a case example of the benefits of combining professional aspirations with industrial organisation.
Descriptors: Community Services, Youth Programs, Occupational Aspiration, Collective Bargaining
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Kidd, Michael P.; Shannon, Michael – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1996
Data from the 1989 Canadian Labour Market Activity Survey and 1989-90 Australian Income Distribution Survey suggest that a lower rate of return to education and labor market experience and a lower level of wage inequality in Australia are responsible for the smaller gender wage gap in Australia than in Canada. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
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Zappala, Jon; Lombard, Marc – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1991
A 20-year study indicated that educational salaries at all levels have continuously declined relative to the average weekly earnings in Australia. Possible explanations are the role of government, the national teachers' union policy toward different payment systems, and the cultural attitude toward intellectual endeavor. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role
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Ford, W. J. – Vestes, 1984
The trend in Australia toward a broader scope of collective bargaining implies that college faculty bargaining may extend to aging and pensions, tenure, leaves of absence, conditions of fixed-term appointments, criteria for promotion and dismissal, staffing redundancy, and other issues. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Court Litigation
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Bennett, Laura; Quinlan, Michael – Australian Universities' Review, 1992
Implications of academic collective bargaining and unionization in Australian higher education are examined in the context of different models of bargaining advocated by the national government and federal opposition. Problems foreseen include diminution of employment conditions, morale, staff quality, and instructional quality as well as…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Federal Regulation
Rodan, Paul – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1991
The relationship between the Australian province of Victoria's nonacademic college staff union and the more specialized postsecondary education remuneration committee is examined and the history of both organizations reviewed. The current and potential influences of the two groups in Victorian higher education are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration)
Hancock, Keith – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1989
A government official in industrial relations and former university administrator chronicles the emergence of unions in Australian universities and discusses the current state of academic trade unionism, focusing on the restructuring of the compensation system and the problems resulting from the process. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Tan, Hong; And Others – 1991
Training measures in the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men, the National Child Development Study for Britain, and the Australian Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used to study determinants and labor market outcomes of postschool training received by young men. Twelve percent of U.S. youth reported getting formal training in the first…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
O'Higgins, Niall – 2001
This book looks at the issue of youth unemployment and examines policy responses. Part I considers the youth unemployment problem. Chapter 1 is an overview, covering size of the problem and the close relationship between youth and adult unemployment. Chapter 2 examines youth unemployment characteristics and distribution of unemployment across…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations