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Biddle, Nicholas – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
This paper looks at the factors associated with the decision by school students in Australia to work part-time. I find substantial variation in the probability of working across the eight Australian states and territories, as well as by remoteness. Those who live in households with low income are less likely to work. A person's ancestry is also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Labor Market, Risk
Tschetter, John; Lukasiewicz, John – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1983
Addresses four questions regarding employment in the construction industry: (1) what have the long-term trends been, (2) how does the business cycle affect construction, (3) what are the seasonal patterns, and (4) what is the impact of these trends on workers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction Industry, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities
Berry, Dale – Farmworker Journal, 1979
Post-program labor force experiences of farmworkers receiving nonagricultural employment and training services from the CETA Title III farmworker program in 1975 were studied. Available from Farmworker Data Network, 7905 W. 44th, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 ($12.00). (SB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Employment Services
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Smith, Ralph E.; Vanski, Jean E. – Youth and Society, 1979
Alerts researchers to the potential value and limitations of the gross flow data published in the Department of Labor's Current Population Survey (CPS). Reports on research which used CPS data to analyze patterns of teenage unemployment and labor force participation. (PR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Data, Data Analysis
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Halpin, Terrence C. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1979
Examines state differences in seasonal variations in employment to see if these differences are linked to state differences in experience-rating strength (balance between unemployment insurance taxes and expected benefit payments). Results suggest that experience-rated unemployment insurance taxes are effective in stablizing employment. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Differences, Economic Research, Employment Experience