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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Occupational attainment"”.
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Occupational Attainment in Europe
… men in terms of employment rates, earnings and occupational attainment. This thesis is about the interplay between the characteristics of individuals associated with productivity, labour market returns to these characteristics, and country-level work/family reconciliation policies in influencing …
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Social Networks, Sectors and Occupational Attainment in Urban China
… Do social networks still have effects on job attainment during the transition to a market economy? From macro structural perspective, do social networks have distinctive influence on job attainment across different sectors, namely state sector and private sector? Based on the dataset of “Job …
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Ethno-racial groups and occupational attainment: Influence of human capital and social capital.
… Survey (2000) is to analyze the predictors of occupational attainment of ethno-racial groups in Canada, with a particular focus on the influence of human capital and social capital. Ethnic inequality has been the focus of a gamut of studies that have sought to identify the factors behind its …
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GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN AND MOBILITY ON LIFE CHANCES
… mobility interact with social origins to shape occupational outcomes. By embedding these factors within the Origin-Education-Destination triangle, it is possible to quantify their contributions to patterns of inequality and illuminate the mechanisms driving the reproduction of advantage and …
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Courting gender bias: an examination of women’s experiences in the profession of law in Kansas
… glaring disparities between men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Women enter law school at similar rates as men do; however, they are not similarly represented in the legal profession upon graduation, or throughout their careers. Utilizing a theory of gendered organizations, this study …
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Extracurricular activities, academic outcomes, and life chances
Previous research in status attainment has examined the effect of high school grades and educational aspirations on future educational and occupational attainment. Using a combination of role theory and life chances, this research expands on previous research by examining the effects of …
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AN URBAN BIOETHICS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
… problems which impede educational and occupational attainment and decrease overall quality of life into adulthood. While morbidity and mortality outcomes have improved over the last several decades, non-Hispanic black and Hispanic children continue to experience a disproportionate …
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Natural Mentors in the Lives of African-American Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents
… on the future outlook and educational and occupational attainment of pregnant and parenting adolescents. Natural mentor relationships were examined as a source of support and strain in the lives of youth. Support and strain that young women received from their mentor relationships was …
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The Roles of Foreign Labour and Foreign Firms in the Irish Economy: An Empirical Analysis
… analysis presented in Chapter 3 explains occupational attainment in Ireland. With respect to occupational outcomes for foreign and indigenous workers, the Irish workers were found to be likely to occupy the professional posts. Foreign born workers who had resided in Ireland for less than …
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND LIFE CHANCES: A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENTS AND ATTITUDES AMONG SOME PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
… investigates the post-graduate educational and occupational experiences of the 1968 and 1978 graduates of a state flagship university. First, it explores the influence of parental variables upon respondents' choice of curriculum and of post-graduate study. Second, it examines the occupational …
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Subacute Hippocampal Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship to Environmental Enrichment and Vocational Outcome
… enrichment. Level of education and pre-injury occupational attainment did not correlate with subacute hippocampal atrophy. Conclusion: Findings suggest that a fixed degree of neural reserve at the time of brain injury may not confer neuroprotection against structural pathology in the manner …
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Understanding the experience of teenage parents: An empirical examination of attitudes and expectations among education professionals
… including poor academic achievement, lower occupational attainment, poor mental health, and socioeconomic hardship. Social support is one factor that moderates these outcomes. This study employed the use of written vignettes to examine differences in expectations for success (educational, …
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Latina Principals in Southern California: A Phenomenological Look into their Journey Towards Leadership
… have some of the lowest levels of educational attainment at every point in their K-12 journey and in general, very low occupational attainment. Given these troubling findings, this research sought to understand and tell the stories of Latinas in k-12 leadership positions in Southern California. …
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Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Reexamined: Good or Bad for Gender and Class Inequality in Employment across Twenty-Four High-Income Countries?
… affect women’s work intensity, earnings, and occupational attainment, by class. To extend the literature, the relationship between the two policies and class inequality in employment between low- and highly educated women was also explored.</p> <p>Overall, the results show the importance of …
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Essays on Noncognitive Skills
… effects, I jointly model gender-specific occupational attainment and wage determination, and I then assess the effects of noncognitive skills on the gender wage gap with an Oaxaca wage decomposition. Using data from the National Child Development Study for workers from the United Kingdom …