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Essays on Macroeconomics and Family Economics
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Casanueva, Agustin Diaz – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the first chapter titled "Cognitive Ability, Education, and Fertility Risk", I explore the role of cognitive ability in fertility timing. Women in the bottom quartile of the cognitive ability distribution are nine times more likely to have their first child as a teenager. First, I document the differences in age at childbirth by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Family Planning, Early Parenthood, Correlation
The Importance of Being…Social? Instructor Credibility and the Millennials
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Gerhardt, Megan W. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Using the framework of generational identity, the current study explores how a range of characteristics impact Millennial perceptions of instructor credibility. Millennial Generation student ratings of the impact of competence, character, and sociability on instructor credibility were compared to faculty ratings of the same characteristics.…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Credibility, Learner Engagement, Values
An Unspoken Crisis: The "Scarring Effects" of the Complex Nexus between Education and Work on Two Generations of Young Australians
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Cuervo, Hernan; Wyn, Johanna – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
It is common for organizations such as the International Labour Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to acknowledge that the links between education and work are far from smooth, creating a "crisis" for youth. This includes increasing rates of unemployment, under-employment and precarious work. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Age Groups, Generational Differences
Generational Perspective of Higher Education Online Student Learning Styles
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Williams, Chad J.; Matt, John J.; O'Reilly, Frances L. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
A study was conducted of students participating in on-line academic courses in institutions of higher education to ascertain if there was a generational influence on learning styles. The specific research question was: What, if any, relationships exist among learning styles, generational groups, and satisfaction with online learning? Inferential…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Higher Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
Letters to Grandma: A Comparison of Generational Perspectives of Women's Growth as Higher Education Faculty
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Palmer, Elyn McReynolds – Qualitative Report, 2014
This ethnographic compilation is the result of a course exercise in qualitative research. A current student of Texas Tech University interviewed an 87-year old faculty member from the 1950s, comparing her experiences to those of the author in similar, present-day academic environments. The author developed the format of the paper as letters…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Womens Education, Womens Studies, Women Faculty
Experiences of Incivility and Ageism in Currently Enrolled RN to BS Nursing Students and Their Intent to Quit
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Balko, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student registered nurses face barriers to successful completion of a bachelor's of science degree program when faced with memories of incivility within their basic nursing program and their current experiences of incivility and ageism in the classroom, as well as in the workplace. This incivility, along with generational differences, adds to the…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Age Discrimination, Antisocial Behavior