This article was developed from the premise that prior work experience provides students with a competitive advantage in the job market since this experience is looked upon favorably by recruiters of college graduates for entry level positions. The article focuses on the characteristics of prior...

This paper provides statistical evidence of the effects of overtime hours on worker productivity using aggregate panel data for 18 manufacturing industries within the US economy. An economic production function model is specified and estimated using data for the years 1956‐1991 provided by the...

Productivity gains powered by technological innovation have fueled expansion of the US economy during the 1990s. US economic prosperity has led to labor shortages, which are pushing organizations to engage in creative recruitment and retention practices and to employ workers from...

Uses qualitative response models of occupational choice to investigate differences in the occupational structures of minority workers relative to white men. Compares the accuracy of multinomial logit and multiple discriminant analyses in predicting occupational distributions. Further,...

Provides a compatible model to previous work on college student migration in the form of a recursive set of equations. Points out that “hidden resource distortion”, a form of rent seeking in the political process, is positively related to institutional support for public colleges and...

Changes in the capabilities and composition of the American workforce which will occur within the next ten years will create some of the most encompassing challenges ever faced by the United States. The main challenge for companies is to rethink and restructure their recruiting activities in...

Provides a review of the methodologies used to evaluate various US‐implemented employment and training programmes. Considers the role of experimental evaluations and finds them to be the most powerful method for assessing programme effectiveness. Finally, presents recommendations for planning...