This report examines the major trends in women's employment and unemployment over the past two decades in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries. Employment and unemployment trends in the labor force by sex are first considered. The report next examines the growth of the female labor supply and the trends in the…

Examines areas of controversy and consistency in recent Supreme Court opinions on these civil rights issues: (1) employee testing, selection, and assignment; (2) advanced training, promotion and salary; and (3) dismissal and seniority. (Author/GC)

High salaries and perquisites such as generous separation benefits, bonuses, housing, and housing improvements have provoked criticism and concern over the use of public or limited institutional funds. (MSE)

Discusses the increase of women in the labor force; the role of divorce, the women's movement, and marriage at a later age; older women in the work force; economic factors; the kinds of jobs women hold and the earnings they receive; and the implications for vocational education. (CT)

Immigration and off-shore production have evolved into mechanisms for the massive incorporation of Third World women into wage-labor. There is a systemic relation between this globalization and feminization of wage labor. (KH)

Argues that the concept of comparable worth provides a viable way out of the growing poverty of women. Reviews the history of low wages for women in the United States, discusses anomalies in the dominant economic-gender system exposed by comparable worth, and addresses the social and political implications of comparable worth. (KH)

Examines the comparative labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other developed countries from 1960-1979, focusing upon unemployment levels and rates. Finds that the situation worsened in industrialized nations after the 1974-75 recession and that Japanese and German youth continue to have the most favorable job prospects.…

A government study found that Black men's earnings lag behind those of White men. However, their monetary returns for each year of education are as high as those for White men. It was also reported that on-the-job training does not pay off as well for Blacks. (CT)

A random sample of 300 financial officers at public and independent 4-year and public 2-year institutions reveal their projected fiscal 1992 year-end expenditures and 1992-93 budget allocations. Summarized in chart form are the findings on changes in growth rates on salary and wage allocations for a variety of institutional functions. (GLR)

Faculty women have had limited success in winning redress for employment discrimination in hiring, salary, promotion, and tenure. The burdens in time and money faced by those seeking remedies make litigation accessible to only a few, leaving internal institutional reform as the only means of moving toward sex equity. (Author/GC)

Data collected by the March Current Population Survey were used to identify which groups of year-round, full-time civilian workers aged 16 and older were most likely to be at the top and bottom of the earnings ladder. Women, young workers, less-educated individuals, and Hispanics were most likely to earn less than $13,091 (1992 constant dollars),…

This fact sheet addresses pay equity, that is, the goal of a fair wage-setting process that eliminates sex and race discrimination. It begins by setting forth the problem through statistics on men's and women's median annual earnings, the occupational categories represented by women workers, and median annual earnings by occupation. A glossary is…

Excellent benefits and income from outside sources have made up some of the drastic difference between the earnings of college presidents and those of their counterparts in industry. At the same time, closer attention is being paid to their performance. (MSE)

Explores the potential impact on demand for health services workers of the sweeping changes in industry structure currently underway. Demand is expected to grow in response to the increasing number of elderly people; growth prospects to 1995 for the industry's wage and salary workers are uncertain because of changes in both the financing and…

Examines participation and nonparticipation of Black youths in the labor force from a social and psychological perspective. Includes a discussion of the impact of minimum wage, cultural differences, job training programs, and discrimination at the workplace on Black youth unemployment. The problem requires racial and institutional cooperation.…