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Ariane Hegewisch – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2024
Apprenticeships are structured training programs that combine paid on-the-job learning with classroom instruction and provide a pathway to industry-recognized qualifications in in-demand occupations. The apprenticeship route can offer an alternative to traditional college (and college debt), yet traditionally, women have been much less likely to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Sex Fairness, Economics
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Lovenheim, Michael F.; Willén, Alexander – Education Next, 2016
Today, more than 60 percent of teachers in the United States work under a union contract. The rights of teachers to unionize and bargain together have expanded dramatically since the late 1950s, when states began passing "duty-to-bargain" (DTB) laws that required school districts to negotiate with teachers unions in good faith. Recently,…
Descriptors: Unions, Collective Bargaining, Politics of Education, Outcomes of Education
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Frase, Peter; Gornick, Janet C. – Social Forces, 2013
Prior empirical studies have found that American workers report longer hours than do workers in other highly industrialized countries, and that the highly educated report the longest hours relative to other educational levels. This paper analyzes disparities in working hours by education levels in 17 high- and middle-income countries to assess…
Descriptors: Income, Working Hours, Tax Rates, Educational Attainment
Miller, Cynthia; Deitch, Victoria; Hill, Aaron – MDRC, 2011
The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project evaluated strategies to promote employment stability among low-income workers. This practitioner brief examines the work, education, and training patterns of single parents in the ERA project. Three years after entering the study, only one in four single parents had advanced. Most of the…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Labor Market, One Parent Family, Program Effectiveness
American Association of University Women, 2012
Fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women continue to be paid less than men in nearly every occupation. Because pay is a fundamental part of everyday life, enabling individuals to support themselves and their families, the pay gap evokes passionate debate. Although the data confirming the persistence of the pay gap are…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Differences, College Graduates, Debt (Financial)
Corbett, Christianne; Hill, Catherine – American Association of University Women, 2012
Women are paid significantly less than men are in nearly every occupation. Because pay equity affects women and their families in all walks of life, it is not surprising that many women consider the issue important. For more than 130 years, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has advocated for gender equity in education and the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Gender Differences, Income, Employment
Hansen, W. Lee – 1979
The economic position of college faculty members is examined. It is suggested that a declining relative and absolute economic status for faculty has been in evidence for several years and shows no signs of abating. Faculty members are being forced to find ways to supplement their salaries through outside activities and second jobs. It is also…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Consultants, Declining Enrollment
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Hirschman, Charles; Blankenship, Kim – American Journal of Sociology, 1981
A study of earnings differences between northern and southern states shows that white-collar workers in both areas now receive roughly equal pay. Women, blacks and blue-collar workers in the South still receive significantly lower wages than their northern counterparts. (AM)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Education, Economic Research, Income
Somers, Gerald G., Ed. – 1972
Seventy participants representing diverse groups such as management, union members, government workers, and college teachers attended a 2-day conference covering the full range of industrial relations problems. For those attending the conference, sessions were held which dealt with problems in the construction industry, issues in incomes policy,…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Conference Reports, Construction Industry, Economic Research
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Padrini, Flavio; Brandt, Nicola – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could inadvertently lead to increased income inequality and poverty. This paper focuses on the impact of institutions and redistributive policies on inequality and poverty with the view of assessing whether a trade-off between better labour…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1989
This manual was prepared to provide union leaders, organizers, and local officers with information about the experiences of Asian-American, Black, Hispanic-American, female, and part-time workers. The Asian-American workers section includes information on Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Asian-Indians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders…
Descriptors: Adults, Asian Americans, Blacks, Day Care
Wever, Kirsten S., Ed. – 2001
This book explores how two nations with widely divergent political economies, Germany and the United States (U.S.), embraced change in four contemporary settings. "Mutual Learning with Trade-Offs" (Kirsten Wever) discusses mutual learning and the distinguishing characteristics of the political economies of Germany and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis
Blau, Joel – 1999
This book examines the political and economic consequences of the United States' growing reliance on the market and the effects that this growing reliance is having on U.S. workers and their families. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 10 chapters: (1) consequences of the turn to the market (disinvestment, imbalance between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities, Education Work Relationship
Appelbaum, Eileen; Bailey, Thomas; Berg, Peter; Kalleberg, Arne L. – 2000
A study examined the relationship between high-performance workplace practices and the performance of plants in the following manufacturing industries: steel, apparel, and medical electronic instruments and imaging. The multilevel research methodology combined the following data collection activities: (1) site visits; (2) collection of plant…
Descriptors: Biomedical Equipment, Blue Collar Occupations, Case Studies, Economic Impact
Barling, Julian, Ed.; Kelloway, E. Kevin, Ed. – 1999
This book contains nine papers devoted to the psychological experience of youth employment and its role in shaping future employment experiences and expectations. "Introduction" (Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway) emphasizes the diversity of young people as a group and the diversity of individual youth's employment experience. "The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Attitude Change