[Excerpt] Why are boys so much more likely to be academically disengaged in secondary school?...

Northern European teenagers are 10+ percent more likely to graduate from secondary school than their...

[Excerpt] Given the extraordinary scope of the current economic crisis, no single policy can fully...

Returning to the 64.3% employment/population ratio of 1999-2000 would necessitate an 11+ percent increase in...

[Excerpt] In the last three months employment declined by 1.2 million jobs and the number...

[Excerpt] Why and how do groups create norms? Kenneth Arrow proposed that “norms of social...

The paper assesses the relationship between investments in computer skills by adolescents and earnings at...

[Excerpt] The purpose of the educational enterprise is LEARNING. Engagement is essential to achieving this...

This paper reviews international and domestic evidence on the effects of three types of high...

The purpose of the educational enterprise is LEARNING. Engagement is essential to achieving this purpose....

Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What...

This paper analyzes the effects of increased academic standards on both average achievement levels and...

This paper measures the impacts of tougher graduation requirements on course taking patterns, learning, college...

This paper presents a model of educational production that tries to make sense of recent...

This paper addresses two of secondary education’s most serious problems—peer abuse of weaker socially unskilled...

[Excerpt] High school career-technical education (CTE) is a massive enterprise. Last year high school students...

[Excerpt] The paper began with an examination of the effects of tougher graduation requirements on...

[Excerpt] This report is based on a survey of 7425 students attending high school during...

[Excerpt] This chapter examines the effects of improved signaling of student achievement in high school...

In the 1960s U.S. participation rates in secondary education were the highest in the world....

[Excerpt] Before the school-to-work (STW) movement began improving communication between schools and employers in the...

“Most of the young people entering professional, technical, and managerial occupations start their occupational training...

[Excerpt] Three presidents, the National Governors Association, numerous blue ribbon panels and national teachers unions...

[Excerpt] One of the primary reasons American students learn a good deal less during secondary...

“Educational reformers and most of the American public think that teachers ask too little of...

Secondary schools are the least successful component of the U.S. education system. Students learn considerably...

[Excerpt] Educational reformers and the majority of the American public believe that teachers ask too...

[Excerpt] El ritmo de los estudiantes estadounidenses para adquirir nuevas habilidades se desacelera durante la...

[Excerpt] Educational reformers and most of the American public believe that most teachers ask too...

[Excerpt] In the eyes of American parents, college admissions officers control the single most important...

[Excerpt] In the eyes of American parents, college admissions officers control the single most important...

“This paper analyses effects of national or provincial exit examinations on education quality. On theoretical...

[Excerpt] Educational reformers and most of the American public believe that teachers ask too little...

[Excerpt] Legislative proposals for vouchers for K-12 schooling have come before many legislatures and are...

Welfare Reform and the Earned Income Tax Credit have apparently caused a dramatic increase in...

[Excerpt] Two presidents, the National Governors Association, and numerous blue-ribbon panels have called for the...

[Excerpt] New York State has been administering curriculum-based Regents Examinations to high school students ever...

[Excerpt] It is claimed that 'curriculum-based external exit exam systems', CBEEES, based on world class...

[Excerpt] Demand for college graduates workers was strong during the 1980s (Blackburn, Bloom and Freeman...

[Excerpt] Two presidents, the National Governors Association and numerous blue ribbon panels have called for...

[Excerpt] Two presidents, the National Governors Association and numerous blue ribbon panels have called for...

[Excerpt] One of the central propositions of the human capital theory of on-the-job training is...

While the importance of on-the-job training is recognized by everyone, it is a phenomenon that...

"As enrollment in secondary vocational education programs declines and employers re-evaluate the attributes needed for...

[Excerpt] The first major prediction of the theory is that an increase in the extrinsic...

[Excerpt] This article explores the effects that these regulations have on: (a) the form of...

[Excerpt] Educationally disadvantaged youth in the United States have great difficulty finding steady jobs providing...

[Excerpt] Most of one's educational career is spent learning generic skills such as reading, writing...

[Excerpt] The Problem: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that 92 percent of...

“This article proposes a strategy for banishing mediocrity and building in its place an excellent...

Externally set curriculum-based examinations at the end of high school apparently have pervasive backwash effects...

[Excerpt] What causes differences in secondary school achievement across these four nations? The first two...

[Excerpt] The fundamental cause of the low effort level of American students, parents, and voters...

[Excerpt] The theory of on-the-job training predicts that workers should pay the full costs of...

[Excerpt] Despite similar cultural roots and standards of living, the secondary education systems of France,...

[Excerpt] The Problem: The scientific and mathematical competence of American high school students is generally...

"Many economists question the need for social intervention in training, arguing that the benefits accruing...

[Excerpt] Even though educational reform marches under a banner of economic renewal, the school subjects...

According to manpower requirements economists, "overeducation" occurs when an individual has more schooling than is...

American employers and workers underinvest in employer training. Underinvestment occurs because training generates externalities, because...

American employers and their workers under invest in employer training. Under investment occurs because training...

[Excerpt] Educational and political leaders are calling for improvements in the signalling and certification of...

[Excerpt] Concern about slackening productivity growth and deteriorating competitiveness has resulted in a new public...

[Excerpt] This paper analyzes the response of female college attendance and completion rates to changes...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of occupational employment growth have consistently underpredicted the growth...

[Excerpt] Concern about slackening productivity growth and deteriorating competitiveness has resulted in a new public...

[Excerpt] Workers who are assigned to the same job and paid the same wage often...

"This report proposes that the Department of Labor undertake a program of research designed to...

[Excerpt] The scientific and mathematical competence of American high school students is generally recognized to...

[Excerpt] At the beginning of the 1980's, some analysts predicted an increase in lower-skilled jobs...

This paper uses the results of a survey of more than 3500 private employers to...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections of occupational employment growth have consistently underpredicted the...

[Excerpt] Concern about slackening productivity growth and deteriorating competitiveness has resulted, in many nations, in...

[Excerpt] Business leaders are complaining about the declining quality of entry level workers in the...

[Excerpt] The professionalism that the American military recently exhibited in the Persian Gulf is in...

[Excerpt] Greater use of tests assessing competence in verbal, mathematical, technical arenas and in specific...

[Excerpt] A growing number of commentators are pointing to employer sponsored training (OJT)as a critical...

[Excerpt] Skill demands also appear to be rising within occupations. Increasing numbers of manufacturing workers...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of occupational employment growth have consistently underpredicted the growth...

[Excerpt] This paper will attempt to determine the extent to which changes in female college...

[Excerpt] The poor performance of American students is sometimes blamed on the nation's "diversity". Many...

[Excerpt] The growing shortage of professionally trained workers and the rising skill premiums will tend...

[Excerpt] The analysis of the causes of the American apathy regarding teaching and learning has...

[Excerpt] This article examines the causal connections between these two phenomena: changes in the academic...

This paper presents evidence that productivity net of general training costs rise 4 or 5...

American high school students devote much less time and energy to their studies than the...

[Excerpt] This article examines the causes of the learning deficits in science, math and technology,...

"Occupationally specific vocational training pays off for disadvantaged students, but only if graduates work in...

[Excerpt] The test score decline between 1967 and 1980 was large (about 1.25 grade-level equivalents)...

[Excerpt] This paper examines when and to what extent an individual's relative wage depends on...

[Excerpt] The scientific and mathematical competence of American high school students is generally recognized to...

This paper presents an analysis of a unique data set containing measures of the time...

[Excerpt] Yes, it is a classic chicken versus egg problem. We assign teachers the responsibility...

[Excerpt] Another way of evaluating American performance in math and Science is to make comparisons...

[Excerpt] The paper examines the suitability of occupational competency measurement as a device for enhancing...

Greater use of employment tests for selecting workers will have important effects on the economy....

[Excerpt] Studies have found consistently that there is a strong positive correlation between a worker's...

[Excerpt] This paper challenges the general validity of these simple predictions. It begins in section...

This paper presents evidence that during the first year or so of a worker's tenure,...

[Excerpt] About half of all youth either do not complete high school or end their...

[Excerpt] A number of blue ribbon-panels have called for increases in the number academic courses...

[Excerpt] Minority youth and non-minority youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds have great difficulty finding steady...

Employment tests predict job performance because they measure or are correlated with a large set...

American high school students devote much less time and energy to their studies than the...

The Targeted Jobs Tax Credit is probably the most outstanding example of a generous entitlement...

The paper tests and finds strong support for the hypothesis that in the nonunion sector...

[Excerpt] The National Commission on Excellence in Education has stated, "Learning is the indispensable investment...

The thesis of this paper is that wage rates and earnings give misleading signals to...

The paper challenges the widespread assumption that the wage effects of federal training programs are...

Excerpt] The New Jobs Tax Credit (NJTC) offers a tax credit of fifty percent of...

[Excerpt] Concern that structural factors impede efficient labor market performance is evidenced in both statistical...

[Excerpt] How much should doctorate training be subsidized? The answer proposed is, "Doctorate training should...