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Pantuosco, Louis J.; Ullrich, Laura D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2010
Using a reduced form version of a theoretical expansion of Hoxby's (1996) education production model, we investigate whether bargaining teachers unions are a boon or a bust to the economy of the state. We anticipate teachers, being in the public sector veiled from competition, are less likely to be efficient. Yet, their product, education,…
Descriptors: Productivity, Unions, Public Sector, Collective Bargaining
MacAllum, Keith; Taylor, Susan Hubbard; Johnson, Amy Bell – 1999
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners and provides participating students with work-based learning experiences for 2.5 hours every day throughout their senior year. LAMP's…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporations
MacAllum, Keith; Charner, Ivan – 2000
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners and emphasizes work-based and project-based learning, team teaching, and opportunities for staff and students to establish close and ongoing…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporations
Verma, Anil; Lonti, Zsuzsanna – 2001
Changing workplace practices in Canada's government workplaces were examined. The study analyzed 774 responses (response rate, 53%) to the 1998 Survey of Workplace Issues in Government, which was a survey of government managers in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta. The findings of five case studies were also considered. The survey…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Compensation (Remuneration), Employer Employee Relationship
Johnson, Amy Bell; McDonald, Deanne; MacAllum, Keith – 2002
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners and emphasizes work-based and project-based learning, team teaching, and opportunities for staff and high school seniors to establish close…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Development, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Lowe, Graham S. – 2001
The Human Resources in Government project examined the impact of extensive downsizing and restructuring in Canada's public service sector and sought innovative ways of making Canada's governments "employers of choice." The project focused on Canada's federal government and the governments of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies