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Baird, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
I study three separate questions in this dissertation. In Chapter 1, I develop and estimate a structural dynamic model of occupation and job choice to test hypotheses of the importance of wages and non-wages and learning in occupational transitions, and find that wages are approximately 3 times as important as non-wage benefits in decisions and…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Economics, Models, Career Choice
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Kim, Eun-Young – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Examines the pattern of career choice among 23 female and 17 male Korean-American college students in California, and analyzes how this pattern reflects their immigrant parents' cultural model of success and subsequent educational strategies. Explores the model as a family and community force, and considers its costs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Community Influence, Cultural Differences