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Sokolova, G. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
In Belarus, the ways in which statistics are compiled, the complex rules for registering as unemployed, and the segmentation of the labor market and job-seeking activities, all combine to hide the actual levels of employment and unemployment. This in turn makes it difficult to develop appropriate and effective labor policies, and to have support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Labor Market, Unemployment
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Ali, Mir M.; Rizzo, John A.; Heiland, Frank W. – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This paper investigates the relationships between body weight, race, and attractiveness in appearance and personality among adolescents. We study a sample of 5947 (non-Hispanic) white and black girls age 12 to 18 who were interviewed by a group of 338 interviewers. We find that overweight and obese white female adolescents are, respectively, 23%…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Race
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Carroll, David; Tani, Massimiliano – Economics of Education Review, 2013
This study investigates the incidence of over-education amongst recent Australian bachelor degree graduates and its effect on their earnings. We find that between 24% and 37% of graduates were over-educated shortly after course completion, with over-education most common amongst young females and least common amongst older females. Over-education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, College Graduates, Salary Wage Differentials
Bolton, Heidi; Matsau, Liapeng; Blom, Ronel – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
This report forms part of an international project, led by UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), on higher education's role in supporting "flexible learning pathways." Flexible learning pathways (FLPs) in higher education provide routes to the acquisition of knowledge and skills at different life stages, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Flexible Progression, Program Effectiveness, Higher Education
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Posel, Dorrit; Zeller, Jochen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
In the post-apartheid era, South Africa has adopted a language policy that gives official status to 11 languages (English, Afrikaans, and nine Bantu languages). However, English has remained the dominant language of business, public office, and education, and some research suggests that English is increasingly being spoken in domestic settings.…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, African Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pinheiro, Rómulo; Pillay, Pundy – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This paper sheds light on the role of tertiary or higher education in economic development across two successful OECD case studies: Finland and South Korea. A number of key aspects are discussed, from the nature of the social contract between higher education and the economy to the endogenous characteristics of domestic higher education to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Development, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
Kim, Dongwoo; Koedel, Cory; Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, Michael – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2016
State-specific licensing policies and pension plans create mobility costs for educators who cross state lines. We empirically test whether these costs affect production in schools--a hypothesis that follows directly from economic theory on labor frictions--using geo-coded data from the lower-48 states. We find that achievement is lower in…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Public Schools, Faculty Mobility, Geographic Location
Hehir, Thomas; Grindal, Todd; Freeman, Brian; Lamoreau, Renée; Borquaye, Yolanda; Burke, Samantha – Abt Associates, 2016
After reviewing evidence from more than 280 studies conducted in 25 countries, Abt found consistent evidence that inclusive educational settings--in which children with disabilities are educated alongside their non-disabled peers--can have substantial benefits for the cognitive and social development of those children. The research also suggests…
Descriptors: Evidence, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Benefits
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Mulvey, Rachel – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article considers four interviews conducted with French citizens by a team of researchers as part of the research project "Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions: individual biographies". Funded by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), this study sought to contribute to the development…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Career Change
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Sánchez, María José López; Martínez, José Antonio Belso – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2014
Older people suffer discrimination in the labour market, in that their chances of finding employment if they lose their jobs are small, and the longer someone is out of the labour market, the harder it is to return. Although they often do possess the technical and transferrable skills required, these are not always recognised. Those who remain in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Workers, Career Guidance, Labor Market
Mulvey, Patrick; Pold, Jack; Tesfaye, Casey – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2014
Each fall the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Statistical Research Center conducts its Survey of Enrollments and Degrees, which asks all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the U.S. to provide information concerning the number of students they have enrolled and the counts of recent degree recipients. In connection with this…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
Ruder, Alex; Van Noy, Michelle – John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, 2014
The rising cost of college and demands for accountability have increased interest in providing students with information about the earnings of college graduates by school and major. However, no consensus exists over how to display that information in a way that is most beneficial for students. Some researchers advocate displaying median earnings…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Majors (Students), Salaries, Higher Education
Guo, Fei – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation study focuses on a current and controversial phenomenon in Chinese universities and colleges--student working during academic semesters. The massification of Chinese higher education since the year of 1999 raises the level of competition in the job market of college graduates. More and more undergraduate students participate in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Employment
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Kheng, Yeoh Khar; Sethela, June – International Education Studies, 2015
The objective of this paper is to analyze written reflections on learning log of among the third and final year students undertaking an entrepreneurship module. Data was collected in the form of written reflection taken from the learning log of 140 students from 3 classes. At the end of the collection only 136 students' responses were managed to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reflection, Entrepreneurship, Student Attitudes
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Shan, Hongxia – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
A core mode of governance in the era of neoliberalism is through the production of "entrepreneurial self". This paper explores how the "entrepreneurial self" is produced for 21 Chinese immigrant women in Canada. The women displayed extraordinary entrepreneurialism by investing in Canadian education. Becoming entrepreneurial,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Asians, Females, High Achievement
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