Focusing on dual-earner families, this study found that most working wives hold full-time jobs, are younger on average, better educated, and less likely to have preschool children than are wives who are not employed. An annotated bibliography on dual-career families is appended. (LRA)

Examining the impact on women's employment of the changing family structure, the authors found (1) a decline in the effect of marital status on women's employment; (2) no decline in the effect of child status; and (3) a more complex relationship between race and employment status. (SK)

Young boys and girls selected toys and occupations according to three instructional sets: choose for a girl, choose for a boy, and choose the best one. Results indicated that selections were in accordance with stereotypes. The best toys and occupations were more sex-typed as masculine. (Author/RC)

In "Rockdale v Weil" the court declared that transferring a principal to a position with lower responsibility and prestige but higher salary was not a demotion and not subject to due process. (JM)

Examines the changing occupational patterns of Chinese Americans in the past 100 years. Considers the historic background of legal and socioeconomic restrictions, occupation accommodation, differences between native and foreign-born Chinese, Chinese entrepreneurship, the Chinatown sub-economy, and the health status of Chinese with work experience.…

Several factors help to explain why West Indians in the United States are occupationally more successful than West Indians in Britain: (1) the history of West Indian migration to Britain and the United States; (2) the occupational background and achievements of the migrants; and (3) race relations in the two receiving areas. (Author/MC)

Identity and status conflicts experienced by Haitian immigrants in New York City and expressed in their debates over language usage are examined through an analysis of the struggle over the primary language (Haitian Creole or French) to be used in the Catholic Mass at a Brooklyn Church. (Author/MC)

Examines the relationship between information technology and employment. Analyzing 120 years of employment data, the author concludes that, in the long run, technological development results in declining levels of employment. Assesses differences in the employment structures of various developed countries to produce an idea of possible futures in…

Propensity score matching was used to evaluate the effectiveness of Mexico's College of Professional Technical Education system with data from 5,574 graduates and a control group. Although controls found jobs faster, graduates have jobs more congruent with their training and earn 20-28% more. Cost-benefit analysis also supports program…

Of 1,805 early retirees, 40% returned to work (17% full time, 51% part time, 32% self employed). Return was positively related to work attachment and tenure at last job. Clerical workers were less likely than managers to choose part-time work over retirement. Lateral mobility and high work attachment were negatively related to postretirement…

Analysis of data on low-achieving Scottish youth leaving school at minimum age reveals the gendered and age-structured nature of the labor market. Low-attaining males manage to enter full-time employment; low-attaining females, although fewer, are bypassed in favor of adult women and better-qualified school leavers. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Compares the occupational effects of initial community college and four-year college entrance using a sample drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experiences. Finds that both male and female community college entrants attain lower occupational status than four-year college entrants. Sex differences are discussed. (FMW)

Presents findings of study to determine statistical relationship between educational attainment and social class among Blacks based on sample of 1,054 individuals. Finds years of schooling did not correlate highly with self-identified social class, though work-related prestige and authority related significantly to educational attainment. (MW)

A comparison of 44 semi-rural learning-disabled postsecondary-age youth with 64 urban nonlearning-disabled same-age peers found significantly higher dropout rates and significantly lower basic skills competency levels among the learning-disabled youth. No differences were found between learning-disabled graduates and dropouts in terms of…

The employment status and social adjustment of hearing-impaired young adults (N=38) of whom 10 had graduated from residential schools for the deaf in New Zealand and 28 from special classes in regular schools was reviewed. There was some evidence that residential school graduates experienced more difficulty in coping following graduation. (DB)