…from 1960 to 2000 U.S. censuses and the post-1994 current population surveys, the researcher examined how the immigrant population affects wages, employment and retirement among the older workforce. Key findings…
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…education and employment. Key findings include: The return to participating in high school sports for women is similar to that of men. On average, those who participate in sports receive…
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…policy interventions undertaken on the community, interpersonal and individual levels to reduce the observed disparities. These include addressing inequities in employment, educational or service providers within the system, mentoring, and…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Migrants often have different reasons for coming to the United States. Two common motivations are their educational and employment aspirations for their children. The dutiful,…
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…Assignments: Have students ask five people you know if they would file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission if they felt they were being harassed or discriminated against…
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…nature and quality of employment. A 2011 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, “Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth,” used data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center…
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…North Africa and the Middle East. One of the factors frequently cited is the unusually high rate of youth unemployment throughout the region. A 2007 study by the Dubai School…
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…purely to results. The data used are from “publicly available expert witness reports generated in employment discrimination litigation against a large financial services firm” in 2006 and 2007, augmented by…
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…of Economic Geography, “Cities, Skills and Wages,” analyzes employment data in the United States to better understand how job skills affect wages in cities of different sizes. The researchers, based…
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…private sector, “suggesting that public employment is more women friendly than private employment.” Between 1993 and 2006, it “appears that the private- and public-sector workers have become more similar in…
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