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Barrett, Edith – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
The U.S. workforce has been changing rapidly. Close to half of working adults are women, and as the U.S. population becomes ever more racially and ethnically diverse, so too does the labour force. Using data collected from 13-18-year-old teenagers over three time periods across two decades, 1992 to 2012, this study examines changes in the career…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Adolescents, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Gender Bias
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Okano, Kaori H. – Journal of Education and Work, 2004
Experience of entry into the workforce varies across societies (each offering a particular set of social conditions), and across social groups within a society. This article examines how urban Japanese working-class girls made sense of their first permanent full-time employment and conceived the transition to adulthood over the period 1989-92.…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Working Class, Females, Employment Experience