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Overinvestment in College Training?
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Freeman, Richard B. – Journal of Human Resources, 1975
The paper examines the quantitative dimensions, causes, and consequences of the "new depression" in the college job market due to the changes in the industrial structure and continued growth of supply. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Economic Research, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Potential Biases in Measuring Male-Female Discrimination
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Polachek, Solomon William – Journal of Human Resources, 1975
The paper illustrates both theoretically and empirically that being married and having children have opposite effects on the wage rates of husbands and wives, and further that these diverging wage patterns are perpetuated over the length of the marriage. (Author)
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Work Expectations, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Wages of Young Women.
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Sandell, Steven H.; Shapiro, David – Journal of Human Resources, 1980
Human capital theory indicates that receipt of on-the-job training is positively related to expectations of future labor force participation. Young women may underestimate their future labor force attachment and therefore underinvest in on-the-job training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Employment Problems