This dissertation is primarily concerned with assessing the impact of changes in the aggregate labor supply-demand balance on the upward occupational mobility of lower income workers. The empirical analysis indicates that the size of inter-occupational flows is cyclically sensitive, given relative wages. As the labor market tightens, the…

This is the twenty-eighth of a series of studies conducted to determine variances in industrial employment practices of Negroes and to develop appropriate hiring policies. This particular study sought to examine current racial employment policies in the furniture industry within the context of the industry's structure and history. Interviews with…

This study develops tools for predicting the work participation by graduate female social workers using two main explanatory variables--"early sex role ideology" (an ideological position on future work and sex roles and early occupational aspiration) and "the sequence of marriage and professional education." These two variables were combined to…

The investigation of residential preference patterns and the implications of these for population distribution among different sizes of communities and between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan settings drew on a sample of the United States noninstitutional adult population, using quotas based on age, sex, and employment. By distinguishing between…

To identify the needs of the employee for job entry in the automotive trades, data were collected by questionnaire from graduates of vocational and technical schools in the State and from their employers. The information obtained was intended to be utilized by educators in upgrading vocational school automotive programs and curriculums. Findings…

The economy of the six New England states expanded swiftly during 1972, with 67,000 jobs being added, which moved the job total close to the previous record of 1969. A slowdown was observed in the rise of both prices and wages in New England under Phase II of the Economic Stabilization Program. However, retail food prices rose four times as much…

In order to describe and predict career patterns of young men, this report provides: (1) Markov chains of the career patterns for four groups of 5,225 young men divided according to race and age, (2) tests of the predictive validity of the chains, and (3) comparisons of the four race-groups using the Markov models. Using the Holland occupational…

Although many studies have shown women administrators to be as able in positions of leadership as men, women are found less and less in public school administration. Many reasons are given to account for this situation -- largely myths grounded in a value system operationalized through the economic institutions. Albeit, larger numbers of women…

This study presents the results of an investigation of the Negro employment policies, practices, and patterns of leading department stores in a limited number of major cities, with particular emphasis on downtown units. The nature of the department store industry, Negro employment before and after 1960, the impact of regional and institutional…

The essential nature of the relationship between patterns of education and development implies a causal connection between education and unemployment. Potentials for improvement of employment opportunities and participation in economic growth, together with potentials for improvement of the relevance of education and training to development, are…

Data obtained in 1956 on 629 households in 12 counties of the Arkansas Ozarks, matched and augmented by 1970 data on 313 households that covered half of the sample open-country segments used in the original study, form the basis of this study. Objectives of the study were to develop a statistical profile of the socioeconomic characteristics of the…

Based on speeches presented to the National Civil Service League and to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, this article reviews key publications and summarizes Federal statistics on part-time employment. Review of the evidence concerning the effectiveness of part-time workers shows positive results. The need for collecting hard evidence…

Since research on sex differences in occupational attainment suggests that working men and women attain essentially the same mean level of occupational attainment and do so through quite similar processes, the censoring problem as a potential source of bias in estimating equations for these comparative occupational attainments is investigated.…

Part-time workers are usually relegated to low-paying jobs, which accounts for their lower earning rates. The article gives reasons for this situation, and analyzes the gain in workers' hourly earnings from additional education and experience. (MF)

Examines residential patterns and supply and demand factors to determine why women in highly urbanized areas are most likely to have career ties to the labor force, whereas rural women living outside a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area are most likely to have no labor force attachment. (TA)