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Download full textWial, Howard – 1999
In 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry implemented a change in its method of determining prevailing wage and benefit rates, resulting in a reduction in the legally required prevailing rates in many construction trades in much of the state. This report analyzes data to determine if this change in fact lowered the cost of public…
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Minimum Wage, Policy Analysis, School Construction
Caldwell, William E.; Vater, James J. – 1977
This report contains data collected from 275 Pennsylvania school districts for the 1977-78 school year. The data reflect policies and practices affecting salaries, fringe benefits, and staffing ratios for nonprofessional personnel. The report is divided into three major sections. The first section presents comparative data for a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
Tannery, Frederick J. – 1995
A study examined whether point of entry into the work force affects earnings growth and employment stability. The Pennsylvania Regional Economic and Social Information data set (a 5% sample of workers whose wages were reported to the state's unemployment insurance program in 1969-1991) served as the study population. Analyses of the earnings…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Vater, James J.; Riddle, Richard A. – 1978
This report contains data collected from 275 Pennsylvania school districts for the 1978-79 school year. The data reflect policies and practices affecting salaries, fringe benefits, and staffing ratios for nonprofessional personnel. The report is divided into three major sections. The first section presents comparative data for a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
Jacobson, Louis; And Others – 1993
A study examined the earnings losses suffered by a group of experienced workers who separated from their firms in the early and mid-1980s. The quarterly earnings histories of a large number of Pennsylvania workers covering the period 1974 through 1986 merged with employment information about their firms served as the data set. Workers' earnings…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Costs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate
Status Report on Women on New Jersey College and University Faculties (1976-77). Research Note 78-1.
Katz, Adolph I.; Scarlatta, Leslie – 1978
Results of a study by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicate that both the proportion of women on the faculties (at the ranks of professor and assistant professor) in New Jersey universities and four-year colleges, as well as the salaries of women faculty members compared to those of men, were generally greater than the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Iwler, Irvin H.; And Others – 1984
A study assessed the impact of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Education's practical nurse program for funding years 1979-1980 (38 programs), 1980-1981 (40 programs), and 1981-1982 (41 programs). Researchers reviewed literature pertaining to the state of the art of health care both in Pennsylvania and across the Nation. Next, they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis
