Duane E Leigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1017239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Duane E Leigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Duane E |
| FAMILY NAME | Leigh |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGH D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community College Enrollment, College Major, and the Gender Wage Gap
The literature on the narrowing of the gender wage gap during the 1980s considers, among other factors, the closing of the male-female differential in post-secondary education. This paper looks specifically at the role played by the dramatic relative increase in women's enrollment in two-year colleges. With independent cross-sections developed using NLSY data, the authors find that the gender wage gap narrowed by 0.0469 log points between 1985 an…
On-the-Job Training
Of Heart and Mind
she chairs a Masters of Management degree program in Children, Youth and Family
Assisting Workers Displaced by Structural Change
Leigh provides a summary of the evolution of labor market programs in seven industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. He points out that a number of these nations are dealing with long-term unemployment by linking unemployment insurance benefits to participation in labor market programs, and that this is a requirement U.S. policy makers should examine closely. He also performs informal c…
Can a Voluntary Workfare Program Change the Behavior of Welfare Recipients? New Evidence from Washington State's Family Independence Program (FIP)
This article examines a voluntary workfare demonstration program in Washington state-the Family Independence Program (FIP)-designed to encourage longer-term investments in employment and training (E&T) activities, with the ultimate objective of achieving economic self-sufficiency for welfare recipients. A unique longitudinal data set is used to compare E&T enrollment and the labor market and welfare outcomes for a sample of FIP clients and a comp…
Does Training Work for Displaced Workers
Leigh examines nine demonstration projects and operating programs to determine how well public retraining programs for displaced workers fulfill their roles
Assisting Displaced Workers
At the time of layoff, however, displaced workers are likely to be unaware that their chances of recall are slim, although alternative employment opportunities exist elsewhere.The first step in the reemployment process is recognition of the need to engage in job search, followed 1
The Economics of Private Pensions
The Effect of Unionism on Workers' Valuation of Future Pension Benefits
This paper investigates the impact of unionism on the pension benefits workers expect to receive on retirement. The valuation of future benefits by workers, rather than actual employer expenditures on pensions, is examined because expected benefits should be the more important variable in explaining the labor market behavior of individual workers. Analysis of data for middle-aged men, taken from the National Longitudinal Surveys, suggests that un…
Work Attitudes and Labor Market Experience
Wage Determination in the Union and Nonunion Sectors
This paper re-examines the question, recently raised in this journal by Bloch and Kuskin, of whether wages are determined differently in the union and nonunion sectors. Whereas Bloch and Kuskin employed ordinary least squares to estimate separate wage equations for the two sectors, this study uses a methodology proposed by Heckman and by Lee to correct for the possibility that wage differences may determine the union status of workers as well as …
Unions and Nonwage Racial Discrimination
Examines racial differences in the union impact on nonwage labor outcomes, the exit propensity of individual workers, and opportunities for occupational upgrading. Determinants of exit behavior; Discriminatory practices of industrial unions; Results for exit behavior. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
The Occupational Mobility of Young Men, 1965-1970
Examination of the extent to which racial differences in occupational advancement can be attributed to differences in formal education in the United States from 1965 to 1970. Framework of the analysis; Impact of formal training on the level of occupational attainment; Sources of racial differentials. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Racial Differentials in Male Unemployment Rates
EXTRAORDINARILY high unemployment among nonwhite teenagers is often explained in terms of the disadvantaged environment from which this group comes. As noted in a recent Manpower Report of the President (1972, p. 80), however, there is a large gap between whites and blacks in the extent of unemployment within urban poverty areas. This suggests that even among males living in the inner-city, racial discrimination in employment may be important in …
Labor Force Participation of Male Youths Living in Low-Income Urban Areas
Examination of the racial differences in labor force participation rates among males in low-income urban areas obtained from the 1970 Census of Population in the United States. Impact of nominal wage rate on worker participation; Use of regression analysis for study samples; Relationship between enrollment status and unemployment. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Wage Determination in the Union and Nonunion Sectors
This paper re-examines the question, recently raised in this journal by Bloch and Kuskin, of whether wages are determined differently in the union and nonunion sectors. Whereas Bloch and Kuskin employed ordinary least squares to estimate separate wage equations for the two sectors, this study uses a methodology proposed by Heckman and by Lee to correct for the possibility that wage differences may determine the union status of workers as well as …
Community College Enrollment, College Major, and the Gender Wage Gap
The literature on the narrowing of the gender wage gap during the 1980s considers, among other factors, the closing of the male-female differential in post-secondary education. This paper looks specifically at the role played by the dramatic relative increase in women's enrollment in two-year colleges. With independent cross-sections developed using NLSY data, the authors find that the gender wage gap narrowed by 0.0469 log points between 1985 an…
Can a Voluntary Workfare Program Change the Behavior of Welfare Recipients? New Evidence from Washington State's Family Independence Program (FIP)
This article examines a voluntary workfare demonstration program in Washington state-the Family Independence Program (FIP)-designed to encourage longer-term investments in employment and training (E&T) activities, with the ultimate objective of achieving economic self-sufficiency for welfare recipients. A unique longitudinal data set is used to compare E&T enrollment and the labor market and welfare outcomes for a sample of FIP clients and a comp…
Unions and Nonwage Racial Discrimination
Examines racial differences in the union impact on nonwage labor outcomes, the exit propensity of individual workers, and opportunities for occupational upgrading. Determinants of exit behavior; Discriminatory practices of industrial unions; Results for exit behavior. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
The Effect of Unionism on Workers' Valuation of Future Pension Benefits
This paper investigates the impact of unionism on the pension benefits workers expect to receive on retirement. The valuation of future benefits by workers, rather than actual employer expenditures on pensions, is examined because expected benefits should be the more important variable in explaining the labor market behavior of individual workers. Analysis of data for middle-aged men, taken from the National Longitudinal Surveys, suggests that un…
The Occupational Mobility of Young Men, 1965-1970
Examination of the extent to which racial differences in occupational advancement can be attributed to differences in formal education in the United States from 1965 to 1970. Framework of the analysis; Impact of formal training on the level of occupational attainment; Sources of racial differentials. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Racial Differentials in Male Unemployment Rates
EXTRAORDINARILY high unemployment among nonwhite teenagers is often explained in terms of the disadvantaged environment from which this group comes. As noted in a recent Manpower Report of the President (1972, p. 80), however, there is a large gap between whites and blacks in the extent of unemployment within urban poverty areas. This suggests that even among males living in the inner-city, racial discrimination in employment may be important in …
Labor Force Participation of Male Youths Living in Low-Income Urban Areas
Examination of the racial differences in labor force participation rates among males in low-income urban areas obtained from the 1970 Census of Population in the United States. Impact of nominal wage rate on worker participation; Use of regression analysis for study samples; Relationship between enrollment status and unemployment. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
The Occupational Mobility of Young Men, 1965-1970
Examination of the extent to which racial differences in occupational advancement can be attributed to differences in formal education in the United States from 1965 to 1970. Framework of the analysis; Impact of formal training on the level of occupational attainment; Sources of racial differentials. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Unions and Nonwage Racial Discrimination
Examines racial differences in the union impact on nonwage labor outcomes, the exit propensity of individual workers, and opportunities for occupational upgrading. Determinants of exit behavior; Discriminatory practices of industrial unions; Results for exit behavior. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Work Attitudes and Labor Market Experience
Wage Determination in the Union and Nonunion Sectors
This paper re-examines the question, recently raised in this journal by Bloch and Kuskin, of whether wages are determined differently in the union and nonunion sectors. Whereas Bloch and Kuskin employed ordinary least squares to estimate separate wage equations for the two sectors, this study uses a methodology proposed by Heckman and by Lee to correct for the possibility that wage differences may determine the union status of workers as well as …
The Effect of Unionism on Workers' Valuation of Future Pension Benefits
This paper investigates the impact of unionism on the pension benefits workers expect to receive on retirement. The valuation of future benefits by workers, rather than actual employer expenditures on pensions, is examined because expected benefits should be the more important variable in explaining the labor market behavior of individual workers. Analysis of data for middle-aged men, taken from the National Longitudinal Surveys, suggests that un…
The Economics of Private Pensions
Does Training Work for Displaced Workers
Leigh examines nine demonstration projects and operating programs to determine how well public retraining programs for displaced workers fulfill their roles
Assisting Displaced Workers
At the time of layoff, however, displaced workers are likely to be unaware that their chances of recall are slim, although alternative employment opportunities exist elsewhere.The first step in the reemployment process is recognition of the need to engage in job search, followed 1
Can a Voluntary Workfare Program Change the Behavior of Welfare Recipients? New Evidence from Washington State's Family Independence Program (FIP)
This article examines a voluntary workfare demonstration program in Washington state-the Family Independence Program (FIP)-designed to encourage longer-term investments in employment and training (E&T) activities, with the ultimate objective of achieving economic self-sufficiency for welfare recipients. A unique longitudinal data set is used to compare E&T enrollment and the labor market and welfare outcomes for a sample of FIP clients and a comp…
Assisting Workers Displaced by Structural Change
Leigh provides a summary of the evolution of labor market programs in seven industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. He points out that a number of these nations are dealing with long-term unemployment by linking unemployment insurance benefits to participation in labor market programs, and that this is a requirement U.S. policy makers should examine closely. He also performs informal c…
On-the-Job Training
Of Heart and Mind
she chairs a Masters of Management degree program in Children, Youth and Family
Community College Enrollment, College Major, and the Gender Wage Gap
The literature on the narrowing of the gender wage gap during the 1980s considers, among other factors, the closing of the male-female differential in post-secondary education. This paper looks specifically at the role played by the dramatic relative increase in women's enrollment in two-year colleges. With independent cross-sections developed using NLSY data, the authors find that the gender wage gap narrowed by 0.0469 log points between 1985 an…
Economics (13 works) · Labour economics (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works)