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Guernsey, Marsha A. – 1986
This paper reviews selected literature pertaining to merit pay, differentiated staffing, and incentive pay programs. The first section reviews the history of these alternatives to the single salary schedule, beginning with an account of two experimental merit pay plans in the early 20th century. During the 1920s, merit pay plans gave way to the…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Differentiated Staffs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBaker, Scott – History of Education Quarterly, 1995
Maintains that, in the wake of unfavorable court decisions, many school boards in the South attempted to legitimize wage discrimination against black teachers through use of the National Teacher Examination (NTE). Examines questions of racial bias within the testing procedure. Profiles the NTE's leading proponent, Ben Wood. (MJP)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Download full textAlexander, Kern, Ed.; Monk, David H., Ed. – 1987
Focusing on the classroom teacher as the key component in the educational process, this yearbook reviews recent school reform upheavals and their effects on teacher compensation, availability and quality of teachers, teacher retirement systems and related issues. After introductory observations on teachers' economic subsidies by Kern Alexander,…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. – 2000
This publication consists of 73 figures correlated to short summaries that present an overview of employment in the health care field from 1993 to 1998. Most of the information is from public sources. The statistics focus on registered nurses, but also include laboratory technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical scientists, occupational…
Descriptors: Adults, Demography, Employment, Employment Patterns
Reskin, Barbara F., Ed.; Hartmann, Heidi I., Ed. – 1986
The literature on sex segregation in the workplace was reviewed to determine how it could be used in formulating policy in the area of sex fairness in the American labor market. The committee found that although women's occupational options have increased dramatically in the past decade, sex segregation is still widespread. Among those factors…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Barth, Peter S. – 1985
This monograph summarizes 20 recently completed dissertations representative of research being done in employment and training. Each summary has this format: description of the framework into which the study fits, explanation of its purpose, summary of methodology and type of data, and author's findings and conclusions. Six studies in section I on…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Business, Business Cycles
