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Measurement of intergenerational relations

Tác giả: David J Mangen, Vern L Bengtson, Pierre H Landry

The authors report results of a research programme focusing on intergenerational solidarity within families, based on an unusual three generation study. Theoretical, conceptual and measurement issues are also presented focusing on six dimensions of family interaction.

Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States

Tác giả: Herbert R Barringer, Robert W Gardner, Michael J Levin

Contents: Immigration, size and growth, nativity, and citizenship; The demography of Asian Americans: Fertility, mortality, and age and sex composition; The geography of Asian Americans: Residence and migration; Family and households; Educational attainment; Employment and occupations.

Losing work, moving on : international perspectives on worker displacement

Tác giả: Peter Joseph Kuhn

Contents: Summary and synthesis; Displaced workers in the United States and the Netherlands; Worker displacement in Japan and Canada; They get knocked down do they get up again; Worker displacement in France and Germany;Employment protection and the consequences for displaced workers.

Learning and motivation in the postsecondary classroom

Tác giả: Marilla D Svinicki

This clearly written book outlines the learning theories: Cognitive, concept learning, social learning, and constructivist, as well as the motivation theories: Expectancy value, attribution, achievement goal orientation, and self determination. It then delves deeper into each one, showing how to ...

Labor in the bublic and nonprofit sectors

Tác giả: Daniel S. Hamermesh

Originally presented at a Conference on Labor in Nonprofit Industry and Government held at Princeton University, these studies are the first to provide an economic discussion of the public sector labor market.