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Robertson, Julie Fisher – Nursing Outlook, 1992
The condition of nursing education and the profession in Turkey is closely related to women's rights and social status. The complexity of educational programs and heavy government involvement are obstacles to change. (SK)
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Higher Education
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Anderson, Kay E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1992
As employment in the advertising industry grew, professional and technical jobs decreased and sales jobs increased. Long-range growth is expected to be twice the average for the economy. (SK)
Descriptors: Advertising, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns, Labor Needs
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Waldinger, Roger – International Migration Review, 1994
Provides an overview and case study examining the changing roles of native and immigrant workers in New York City and the factors that affect the creation of an immigrant employment niche. The case study, which involves professional immigrants in New York City's government, explains how immigrants enter and establish these niches. (GLR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, City Government, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups
Girouard, Shirley A.; Smoot, Monica D. – Nursing and Health Care, 1994
The strategic planning efforts of the North Carolina Center for Nursing include gathering baseline data on the state of the profession, addressing nursing supply and demand, and recommending ways to improve the state's nursing resource database and the numbers of minorities in nursing. (SK)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Labor Turnover
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McClure, Margaret L. – Nursing Outlook, 1991
Differentiated practice structures the roles and functions of nurses according to education, experience, and competence. Although differentiation has increased staff retention and reduced recruiting costs, improvements in patient care are difficult to prove. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Competence
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Lam, David; Duryea, Suzanne – Journal of Human Resources, 1999
Brazilian data demonstrate strong negative effects of women's schooling on fertility; no increase in women's labor supply despite rising wages; and strong effects of parental schooling on children's schooling and survival. Effects of early schooling on fertility work primarily through increased investments in child quality. (SK)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Children, Educational Attainment, Females
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Koontz, Paul – Tech Directions, 2000
The growing gap between the skills of the work force and the technical requirements of today's jobs have reemphasized the need to transform the educational system to provide the solid academic and technical skills required by the jobs of today and tomorrow. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Entry Workers, Job Skills, Labor Supply
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Shimer, Robert – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
This paper studies the assignment of heterogeneous workers to heterogeneous jobs. Owing to the anonymity of a large labor market, workers use mixed strategies when applying for jobs. This randomness generates coordination frictions. Two workers may apply for a particular job, whereas an identical job gets no applications. The model generates…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Labor Supply, Models, Job Applicants
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Curtis, Michael J.; Grier, J. Elizabeth Chesno; Hunley, Sawyer A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2003
Trends in data from the past to the present are described for demographic variables (gender, race and ethnicity, preparation levels, credentialing, age and experience) and ratio of students to school psychologists. School psychology in the United States will continue to be characterized as primarily Caucasian, specialist-level and female through…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Personnel Needs, School Psychologists, Employment Projections
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Madden, Gregory J.; Dake, Jamie M.; Mauel, Ellie C.; Rowe, Ryan R. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
The behavioral economic concept of unit price predicts that consumption and response output (labor supply) are determined by the unit price at which a good is available regardless of the value of the cost and benefit components of the unit price ratio. Experiment 1 assessed 4 pigeons' consumption and response output at a range of unit prices. In…
Descriptors: Food, Mathematical Models, Labor Supply, Cost Effectiveness
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Purcell, Kate; Wilton, Nick; Elias, Peter – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
The expansion of the higher education system and widening access to undergraduate study has led to growing diversity within the graduate labour supply, including increasing numbers who studied for their degrees as mature students. Analysis of graduates entering the labour market prior to the major expansion in the early 1990s indicated that those…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Age Differences, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Wages
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Cabot, Linda A. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
If one "googles" the term "professional development" on the Web, he/she gets definitions such as "the development of skills both tangential and essential to one's current occupation." Digging a little deeper does not yield a common definition, just distinctions among education, training, and credentialing. Despite the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Professional Development, Leadership, Information Technology
Reilly, Peter – 1996
This report is designed to give readers an introduction to the principles of human resource planning (HRP) and the areas in which it can be used, including those facing today's managers. Chapter 1 outlines why some organizations no longer plan, describes the background of change and uncertainty that discouraged them, and defines HRP. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Labor Force
Florida State Dept. of Labor and Employment Security, Tallahassee. – 1998
This report analyzes projected changes in population, labor force, and employment by industry and occupation for Florida between 1995 and 2005. More than 50 charts and graphs provide statistics on the following: Florida's population, labor force 1975-2005; employment 1975-2005; industry employment 1995-2005; occupational employment (general);…
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Employment, Employment Opportunities
Thomas, George – 1983
The feasibility of modelling the supply of 22- to 29-year-old enlistees was assessed. Key issues concerned the availability of data and the development of an appropriate methodology for making enlistment supply projections for 22- to 29-year-olds. The current status of supply modelling was reviewed, with particular attention being given to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Feasibility Studies, Human Resources, Labor Supply
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