A focus of Government policy has been the need to ensure that those at the lower end of the labour market invest in their human capital through re-engaging with learning, which has been assumed to enable progress into better-paid employment. This article explores the problems created by "bad jobs" and the evidence for the existence of a…

In this essay, the author provides a critique of sources relevant to the feminization of teaching in the United States from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Sources covering topics such as the American Civil War, labor market forces, increasing urbanization, educational reform, and regional differences, and how they affected the feminization…

The recent response by Anthony Carnevale et al. to the authors' analysis of the fundamental shortcomings associated with their predictions of widespread college labor shortages focuses on three areas. First, Anthony Carnevale et al. suggest that the authors are educational Luddites by noting in the title of their response that the authors believe…

Rigidity is setting in that obscures reasonable discussion of the imperfections of a free market where women's wages are concerned, and increases the likelihood that comparable worth, if implemented, might substitute one set of arbitrary job evaluations for another. (MLW)

School salary policy, with its reliance on the single salary schedule, has not provided competitive salaries for mathematics and science specialists in the past. It continues to create a shortfall in the number of qualified mathematics and science personnel taking teacher training and offering their services to schools. (Author/LMO)

In fall 2005, Rachel Holt and Adrienne L. Strock's article, "The Entry-Level Gap," ("Library Journal" 5/1/05, p.36-38) became the talk of the town. Holt and Strock argued that the new Master of Library Science (MLS) graduates have trouble finding work because of low salaries and the disappearance of entry-level positions owing to…

Provides occupational information about the gambling industry. Looks at parimutuel wagering, casino jobs, and state lotteries. Includes information on wages and the future of gambling employment. (JOW)

Provides information about a variety of nonsales jobs available in shopping malls: mall management, customer service, marketing, operations, security, maintenance, and administration. Includes information about educational requirements. (JOW)

The difficulty for an institution of finding a balance between traditional faculty compensation practices and free labor market practices that raise the salaries of faculty in high-demand disciplines in government, industry, and education is discussed. (MSE)

A study focused on the disabled working age population tracked changes in their labor market performance. Found from the 1960s through the mid-1970s, disabled improved their performance in labor market; their real earnings improved absolutely and relatively. In last half of the 1970s their earnings fell rapidly, the retrenchment in disability…

A study of Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides insight into income stagnation and the future of the economy. Evidence confirms that the roots of the widening income gap are deep and the problem will not soon disappear. (JOW)

Discusses reasons for the differences in earnings between men and women: (1) differences in the labor market characteristics between men and women, (2) differences in the distribution of men and women among different jobs, and (3) discrimination in the labor market. (JOW)

Urges consideration of the local labor market's impact on staff supply and demand when revising salary schedules. Explains how to select job classifications for comparison, identify relevant labor markets, analyze job content, collect data on current practices in the market, analyze the data, and develop and prioritize recommendations for…

Looks at the occupation of private detective and investigator and discusses the nature of the work, earnings and working conditions, qualifications and advancement, employment and outlook, and related occupations. (JOW)

Economic models of the way in which faculty allocate their time, and the behavior of labor markets, can help inform institutional research on faculty in a variety of ways. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)