Tests of four similar data sets show that returns to education rose significantly in the Czech Republic and Slovakia after the end of Communist governments. Women generally had higher returns than men. Men's returns increased more after the regime change. (SK)

Assesses the reliability of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data in terms of attrition patterns, characteristics of attriters and returners, and comparability with the Current Population Survey (CPS). Explores how attrition might corrupt the picture of labor-market experience and attempts to reconcile discrepancies between the CPS…

A study of the college class of 1993 4 years after they earned their bachelor's degrees found that they were more settled in the labor force, more were employed full time and had jobs requiring bachelor's degrees, fewer were in graduate school full time, and most earned at least one-third more than in 1994. (JOW)

Research findings show that more education, higher earnings, higher occupational status, and lower unemployment correlate with better health. Resilience and access to medical care are also associated with better health and more learning. Higher education levels can have negative effects when competition and achievement are emphasized or…

Immigrants who acquire U.S. schooling earn higher wages than other immigrants. Returns to years of non-U.S. schooling are higher for those who complete schooling in the United States. For those without U.S. schooling, returns are higher for immigrants from highly developed countries or countries where English is an official language. (Contains 34…

This paper addresses some of the discursive practices of neoliberal government through which the subject is constituted as a subject of choice--subjects whose life trajectory is shaped by the imperatives of a labour market in which they will become mobile and flexible workers with multiple careers and jobs. Mobility among these multiple careers…

THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON "NEW DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION." TWO SCHEMES OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WERE DISCUSSED. THE FIRST IDEA WAS "FACET DESIGN AND ANALYSIS" ORIGINATED BY LOUIS GUTTMAN. FACET DESIGN WAS DEFINED AS A WAY OF LAYING OUT A DOMAIN FOR RESEARCH, WHILE FACET ANALYSIS…

The author recommends three fundamental changes in national environmental education strategy. Environmentalists should capitalize on other societal stresses like politics rather than capitulate to competition. Monies should be given to federal agencies and voluntary associations that have successfully promoted conservation. Finally environmental…

Presents data from the 1979 American Home Economics Association survey on 11,229 home economists employed full time (68 percent of all respondents). Illustrates how education, sex, minority status, academic major, and type of employer affect home economists' incomes. (SK)

The role of anthropology in the "new social studies" movement, survey results of its part in public school curriculum, and arguments for and against teaching it in public schools are offered to sum up the status of anthropology. (Author/KM)

Author gives an opposing point of view to Jencks' book, Inequality, on the effect equalizing educational opportunity will have on equalizing income in our society. (GB)

Tabular demographic data describes the professional and economic status of industrial arts teacher educators. (GR)

Examines patterns of social class identification among farmers in New York. Reveals farmers most frequently identify with working class and indicates a combination of agricultural and nonagricultural class status factors are related to subjective social class placement. Identifies education, total family income, net worth, and number of hired…

With data from the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study investigates the direct and indirect effects of education on an individual's self-reported work hours lost due to illness. (Author/CT)