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Choldin, Harvey M.; Trout, Grafton D. – 1969
This study was conducted as part of a larger research effort designed to examine the characteristics and social and occupational encounters of Mexican American migrant farm workers in their transition into an urbanized society. Specifically, the investigation was directed at surveying migrant workers in and around the Michigan area. Interviews…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Ethnic Studies
Moser, Colletta H.; Begashaw, Getachew W. – 2000
A study examined barriers to employment for rural Michigan residents, especially during an economic boom. Four focus groups conducted in four nonmetropolitan growth counties in Michigan indicated that educated, skilled workers were seeking to enter the labor force or to work more hours, even though community leaders, newspapers, and job developers…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Day Care Centers, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
KOBERNICK, ALLAN; STAVROS, DENNY – 1966
THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 22 NEGRO MALES AND 28 NEGRO FEMALES EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW, AND 17 NEGRO FEMALES, RECENTLY EMPLOYED BUT UNEMPLOYED WHEN INTERVIEWED. A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE TRAINEES SELECTED, AND A MAIL-OUT INTERVIEW WAS USED IN COLLECTING DATA FROM EMPLOYERS. THE DIFFERENCES IN THE OCCUPATIONAL…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience
Marston, Stephen Tilney – 1974
The study derives a model of the unemployment insurance (UI) system and its relationship to the labor market, estimates it with data from the Detroit Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, and evaluates its potential use to forecast UI benefit amounts, UI insured unemployment, and UI exhaustions. It further uses the model to analyze policy issues…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment Level
Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service, Washington, DC. – 1977
As faculty and other public sector unions become more sophisticated in collective bargaining, they tend to lay a greater variety of demands on the table. This, in turn, forces the employer to ask, Do I really have to bargain about these subjects? As more employers refuse to bargain, more unions charge them with failing to bargain in good faith,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Employment Practices
Freedman, Stephen – 2000
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies was conducted to explore whether programs examined in the evaluation have helped welfare recipients move into the labor force and remain employed over the long term. As part of the evaluation, a study was conducted to identify the 4-year impacts that 10 programs in 6 sites have had on former…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level