Daniel E. Hecker is a labor economist in the Office of Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among college graduates aged 25 to 64, women’s median annual earnings were 73 percent of men’s in 1993. When median earnings of women are compared with those of men of a similar age and with similar levels of education, major fields of study, and occupational characteristics, however, the ...

We consider the migration movements of power couples (couples where both members have at least a college degree), half-power and no-power couples within Australia. We explicitly allow for potential association of these movements with local labour market features including perceived job insecurity. The results support an urbanisation hypothesis; partnered college graduates like to live in major ...

This article examines whether recent college graduates have fared as well as their predecessors. We examine changes in both the wage and occupational distributions. Specifically, we explore the claim that college educated workers are increasingly likely to be in “non-college” occupations. The latter are defined using standard economic concepts rather than the subjective groupings of occupations...

The paper discusses an important, from the perspective of the development of peripheral areas, problem of migration among youth. The weakness of the potential of disadvantaged areas contributes to the strengthening of disadvantageous demographic, economic or cultural trends which, as a consequence, makes submontane areas of the Małopolska or Podkarpacie regions distant from large urban centers,...

Employment relations in Japan becomes flexible and uncertain in recent years. Career-related terms were widely introduced to Japan. Recent Japanese studies on career argued the responsibility of career development between the organization and individuals. This article discusses the determination of occupational choice and latter career development based on the interviews of Takasaki City Univer...

The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) is a biomedical pipeline program that seeks to diversify the health professions by providing academic enrichment in the medical sciences and college admissions support to very low-income high school students. Each summer 24 students are recruited from over 250 California high schools for the five-week residential program, led by 10 undergraduat...

Adela García-Aracil *INGENIO(CSIC-UPV), Spanish Council for Scientific Research & Universitat Politècnica de València, SPAIN. Ciudad de la Innovación. Camino de Vera, s/n. Edificio 8E, 46022-Valencia. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Education programmes are designed to equip young populations with the qualifications required to assume responsible roles in specific professions and in soc...

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At present, the high-quality development of Wenzhou economy needs high-skilled technical personnel. Our college relies on regional pillar industries and characteristic to run majors for providing talent support local economic development. "510 plan" issued implemented promotes cultivating outstanding graduates in our college. at same time, integrates enterprises wenzhou, wenzhou culture, storie...

s for Paper Presentations Margins of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade Rafael Dix-Carneiro (with Brian K. Kovak) We use both longitudinal administrative data and cross-sectional household survey data to study the margins of labor market adjustment following Brazil's early 1990s trade liberalization. We document how workers and regional labor markets adjust to trade-induced changes in local labor...