Trends in Education in Relation to the Occupational Structure

Bibliographic Data

ID2544162
AuthorsJohn K Folger, Charles B Nam
Year1964
Volume38
Issue1
Pages19
Publication date1964-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2111816
OpenAlexW2326715475
LanguageEN
Citations received12

The trend in the relationship between formal education and occupation is examined, with special reference to the problems of educational supply and demand. The analysis is based primarily on census data for 1940, 1950, and 1960 for men at prime working ages. The association of education and occupation is found to be moderate but declining. The increase in the educational level of the labor-force is considerably more a function of the risintg educational attainment of specfic occupations than of the changing occupational structure. Possible explanations of the trend are offered, and some implications of the findings are discussed

Association (psychology) · Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Occupational prestige · Population · Prime (order theory) · Relation (database) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Education Systems and Policy · Mathematics · Psychology

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