Changes in the wages of husbands and wives are correlated and hence earning inequality is still growing. Family labor supply behavior determines how the change in an individual wage rate translates into family earnings changes. Results suggest that earnings of the wives of low income men have fallen if woman's labor supply did not respond to…

Business is about productivity and maintaining a competitive advantage. To do this, business needs qualified workers. Hiring people with disabilities adds value to a business and will attract new customers. Disability is not inability. Employers can make sound business decisions and gain a competitive advantage by using this guide to increase the…

This report looks at whether pre-apprenticeships increase the potential supply of tradespeople, with a special focus on electrotechnology, automotive and engineering students. It found that pre-apprenticeships have been used in Australia for many years and are widely regarded as a valuable strategy for increasing the supply and quality of…

We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to investigate on-the-job exercise and weight. For male workers, job-related exercise has causal effects on weight, but for female workers, the effects seem primarily selective. A man who spends 18 years in the most physical fitness-demanding occupation is about 25 pounds (14…

An important feature of the Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program of the National Science Foundation is to increase K-12 student achievement in math and science by increasing the quality, quantity, and diversity of the nation's K-12 math and science teachers. Because the underlying supply of math and science teachers is never directly…

The subject of this study is the process by which unemployed workers are reemployed after a layoff. A theoretical model of job search is formulated with asking price based on number of job vacancies, distribution of offers, value placed on nonmarket activity, cost of search activity, and interest rate. A probability model of reemployment is…

The theory of labor supply is analyzed with special attention to the relation between labor supply and unemployment. Techniques for simulating the effects of transfer programs are developed. The literature on the supply of hours and the effects of income taxes, Social Security, and public assistance is reviewed. Supply functions for those age 25…

The average worktime lost in 1967 because of illness or injury for persons 17 years of age or older was 5.6 days for women and 5.3 days for men. Women lost more time because of acute illness, but men were more likely to be absent because of chronic conditions such as heart trouble. Labor turnover rates show that absentee rates of women have been…

The problem considered is the apparent imbalance between the demand and supply of library employees. Data compiled from present known job openings and library training program enrollments are not conclusive in predicting future library manpower needs. (Author/JAB)

Seabrook Farms was most prosperous during World War II when Japanese Americans were recruited from concentration camps to alleviate its labor shortage. As the camps closed, former detainees became full-time workers in spite of some exploitation. It was a place for these families to live and work before returning to the West Coast. (VM)

This factbook is a compilation of data from secondary sources such as the American Medical Association and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It includes information on the supply of health personnel in several disciplines, including physicians, physician assistants, podiatrists, dentists, nursing personnel, optometrists, pharmacists,…

A summary of findings is presented of the Graduated Work Incentive Experiment (New Jersey-Pennsylvania "negative income tax" experiment). The experiment studied the effects of payment of substantial amounts of unearned income to poor families on the labor-supply response of such families. (EA)

Although there are occasional transient shortages, the labor markets for engineers of varying abilities and education have gravitated to long-run equilibrium configurations. (Author)