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Download full textJenkins, Carolyn – 1992
The relationship between education and the economy is explained by opposing theories--functionalism and conflict. A way of assessing functionalism and conflict theory is to see if increasing educational attainment increases social equality. Higher educational attainment has occurred but has not led to an equal distribution of income. The extent of…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Status Comparison
Peer reviewedDarity, William, Jr.; Myers, Samuel – Challenge, 1992
Provides an economic analysis of the status of African-American males, arguing that the precarious economic position of African-American males is the leading cause of single female-headed households in African-American communities. Marginalization processes based on low employment have pushed African-American males away from marriage. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Family, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
Phelan, Jo Carol; Phelan, Thomas James – 1983
Rates and severity of underemployment among a sample of college graduates were assessed using objective and subjective measures. Attention was directed to job characteristics related to underemployment, gender differences in the characteristics, and the effect of college type attended, college major, and academic performance. The data were drawn…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Background
Noble, Elizabeth – 1981
This study compares the effects of human capital variables (education, training, etc.) and labor market variables (location, transportation, industry type) in influencing the employment success among a selected group of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) trainees. Employment success was defined by initial wage rates of employment and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1979
Because some rural women underutilize their increased schooling while others are disadvantaged by low educational attainment and underdeveloped skills, and in order to help determine policy alternatives to meet rural women's educational needs, the educational attainments and labor force participation of rural white and minority women were studied.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
A study analyzed past and present United States initiatives for promoting equal employment opportunity and wage equality for women. It was determined that, during the past 20 years, the United States Government has established the legal procedures to combat inequities in educational opportunities and employment-related practices. While these…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Coordination
