Presents the highlights of the most comprehensive survey of training ever published, the American Society for Training and Development's two-year study on work-related training in the United States. Research reveals who gets trained, who does the training, and how much training takes place in different industries. (Author)

Young men entering the labor market beginning in the late 1960s and those entering in the early 1980s differed little in incidence of training or earnings premiums associated with training. However, more educated workers account for over 40 percent of the increase in college-high school earning differences among young men. (JOW)

Across OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, governments are having to work with shrinking public budgets while designing policies to make education more effective and responsive to growing demand. The 2011 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of…

The earnings of 211,000 full-time workers in nursing homes and related facilities were surveyed and analyzed. Of 20 metropolitan areas surveyed, New York reported the highest pay scale. (MW)

The new Area Wage Survey program index method introduced in January 1973 provides a more accurate reflection of establishment wage rate changes than the old method, through elimination of the influence of employment shifts. (EA)

Differences between the earnings of men and women suggest that women are being paid less for doing the same job. Factors that attribute to the wage differences are (1) women are concentrated in those occupations which are less skilled and in which wages are relatively low, (2) women working on full-time schedules tend to work less overtime than…

Staff actions are set forth that are involved in proposing increased adjustments in salary levels for female-oriented occupations. Some oversights and miscalculations are detailed that seem to have affected the decisions of the policy body, the board of trustees, of the California State University and Colleges. (LBH)

This study explores the extent to which college and university faculty supplement their basic institutional salaries, and whether, after controlling for differences in human capital, productivity, and structural characteristics, the tendency to supplement salary and the amount of supplemental earnings varies between women and men. Data for the…

This study focused on the influence exerted by market forces and by the economic and institutional characteristics of the building construction industry. The results indicate that shortrun fluctuations can be attributed to changes in the labor market which systematically affect bargaining positions and thence wage policies and the…

Describes a study that estimated earnings functions separately for males and females within a large enterprise in the United Kingdom in order to evaluate the impact of sex discrimination on salary differences compared to the impact of other differences in employee characteristics. Available from: Cambridge University Press, 32 East 57th Street,…

Growth curve analysis was used on data from the National Longitudinal Survey (n=9,532) and Baltimore (n=3,481) to determine whether disparities in the occupational standing of white men compared to women and minorities grew with advancing age. Results indicate that disparities remained constant over the life course for all but African Americans…

One of three companion reports on the results of a survey on merit pay and incentive plans, this publication focuses on programs for school administrators. The data in the studies, presented largely in table form, are reported separately by four school system enrollment groups (large, medium, small, and very small) and by eight geographic regions.…

One of three companion reports on the results of a survey on merit pay and incentive plans, this publication focuses on programs for school support staff. The data in the studies, presented largely in table form, are reported separately by four school system enrollment groups (large, medium, small, and very small) and by eight geographic regions.…

Data collected by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in a survey of salaries of library professionals for the fiscal years 1975-76 are analyzed. Tables and graphs display: (1) personnel distribution by salary level, 1974-76; (2) analysis of salaries at ARL university libraries, 1969-1976, comparing salary indices to consumer price…