"Whether advancing technology had been a primary determinant of educational expansion is assessed by looking at the following: the relation between changes in the technical skill requirements of jobs and changes in the educational attainment and job performance; the kinds of training workers use; and a simulated longitudinal analysis of the…

Uses cross national data to examine how economic, political and educational structures affect both the participation of women in the labor force and their employment in more powerful and well rewarded positions, and assesses the relevance of comparative studies of women as a status group to national public policy considerations. (Author/JM)