The end of farm labor abundance in the United States
…economic growth rate in Mexico was on pace to reach 3.4%. In any case, the Labor Department predicts that employment for agriculture workers is expected to decline by 3% between…
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Spreading the word: Geography, policy and knowledge spillovers
…with regional employment, but a region’s producing large numbers of graduates can have only a tenuous relationship with its human capital. Other research shows that jobs requiring analytic and social…
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Effects of work on leadership development among first-year college students
…means to pay for school. Researchers have studied the negative relationship between students’ employment and their level of engagement. However, student work may have some under-appreciated positive effects, as well….
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The U.S. Postal Service and financial sustainability: Research roundup
…products and services, and the viability of the USPS’s business model.” “U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, 1990-2010” Ginsberg, Wendy R. Congressional Research Service, April 4, 2011….
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Economic and social change in U.S. cities: Research roundup
…capital and for high-technology industries. These findings are important for local development policies, as they suggest that to increase local employment levels, municipalities should target high-technology employers with high levels…
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Double majors: Influences, identities and impacts
…of humanities degrees with employment benefits of STEM study is to have a second major. A 2012 study from Vanderbilt University’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy, “Double…
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College student engagement and early career earnings
…levels and the Great Recession, with all the challenges it has created for young people seeking employment, partly explain these skeptical sentiments. Research still shows the significant benefits of a…
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When you just cannot get away: Technology and work-life spillover
…“These effects were found even when controlling for demographic and employment characteristics, suggesting that ICT use may play a significant role in defining the permeability of work/home boundaries and the…
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Sex differences in mathematics and reading achievement
…gender gap in STEM employment, the authors argue that increasing national prosperity is not enough. “The implication is that if policy makers decide that changes in these sex differences are…
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How should inmates be released from prison? Parole versus fixed-sentence regimes
…and Management finds that slightly longer prison terms are frequently associated with higher employment prospects for ex-prisoners. A 2011 Vera Institute of Justice report offers findings relating to juveniles and…
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