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Dougherty, Christopher |
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Observing Labor Market Adjustment: Employment in the US Construction Industry: 1983-1990 Discussion Paper 291, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, March 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics & Political Science Keyword(s): Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Modeling; Occupations, Male; Skills; Training; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Average annual employment of males in the U.S. construction industry increased by 34 percent from 1983 to 1986. The paper takes the cohort of 440 male National Longitudinal Survey of Youth respondents born between October 1, 1961 and September 30, 1962 and evaluates the labor market experience of the 149 who worked in the construction sector during the period January 1983 to December 1990, examining the circumstances of entry and exit, training and changes in real wages and status. A comparison of the respondents' experience in the surge period 1983-1986 and the period of stability 1987-1990 reveals little difference, the construction sector exhibiting flexibility in its recruitment of labor and generation of skills. If labor market models form a spectrum with the manpower requirements model at one extreme, the neoclassical model in the center, and a pure quantity adjustment model at the other extreme, a compromise between the last two would appear to be an adequate characterization fo r the construction industry. This record is part of the Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics (AWPE) Database, copyright (c) 1996 Cambridge University Press. |
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Dougherty, Christopher. "Observing Labor Market Adjustment: Employment in the US Construction Industry: 1983-1990." Discussion Paper 291, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, March 1996. |
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Dougherty, Christopher |
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Putting Training in Perspective: A Longitudinal Case-Study Approach Discussion Paper 283, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, March 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics & Political Science Keyword(s): Apprenticeships; College Education; Education; Human Capital; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Manpower Programs; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Occupational Choice; Training; Training, On-the-Job; Vocational Education Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Detailed education, employment and training histories have been constructed for a cohort of 440 male respondents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The data show that most respondents without college degrees have experienced at least one occupational break, defined as a change from one occupation to another sufficiently different in character that it does not make significant use of occupational skills acquired previously. The data also show that most of those in employment in 1992 had had no formal training for their current occupations and moreover thought that none was necessary. These findings imply that the comprehensive provision of entry-level training for those not college-bound, as advocated by those promoting vocational education in high schools or as practiced in those countries with comprehensive apprenticeship systems, is unlikely to have a direct impact on the performance of the economy or even on employment. Instead training priorities should be directed towards the provision of training as the demand arises and to improving access to college-level vocational education for those who can benefit from it. This record is part of the Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics (AWPE) Database, copyright (c) 1996 Cambridge University Press. |
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Bibliography Citation
Dougherty, Christopher. "Putting Training in Perspective: A Longitudinal Case-Study Approach." Discussion Paper 283, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, March 1996. |