Examination of the extent to which racial differences in occupational advancement can be attributed to differences in formal education in the United States from 1965 to 1970. Framework of the analysis; Impact of formal training on the level of occupational attainment; Sources of racial...

The literature on the narrowing of the gender wage gap during the 1980s considers, among other factors, the closing of the male-female differential in post-secondary education. This paper looks specifically at the role played by the dramatic relative increase in women's enrollment in two-year...

This paper investigates the impact of unionism on the pension benefits workers expect to receive on retirement. The valuation of future benefits by workers, rather than actual employer expenditures on pensions, is examined because expected benefits should be the more important variable in...

Examines racial differences in the union impact on nonwage labor outcomes, the exit propensity of individual workers, and opportunities for occupational upgrading. Determinants of exit behavior; Discriminatory practices of industrial unions; Results for exit behavior. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

Examination of the racial differences in labor force participation rates among males in low-income urban areas obtained from the 1970 Census of Population in the United States. Impact of nominal wage rate on worker participation; Use of regression analysis for study samples; Relationship between...

This paper re-examines the question, recently raised in this journal by Bloch and Kuskin, of whether wages are determined differently in the union and nonunion sectors. Whereas Bloch and Kuskin employed ordinary least squares to estimate separate wage equations for the two sectors, this study...