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Hammell, Karen Whalley. "Making Choices from the Choices we have: The Contextual-Embeddedness of Occupational Choice." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 87, no. 5 (December 2020): 400–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0008417420965741.
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Background. “Choice” is central to occupational therapy’s theoretical tradition, which maintains that individuals can impact their well-being through wisely choosing their occupations. However, the assumption that opportunities to choose are universally available is negated by research evidence. Purpose. To review the ideology of “choice” in occupational therapy theory, and to encourage more critical approaches toward determinants of occupational opportunity and choice. Key Issues. Evidence indicates that within Canada, and throughout the world, opportunities to make occupational choices are inequitably distributed among people of different socioeconomic classes, castes, genders, races, abilities, sexualities, citizenship statuses, and experiences of colonialism. Implications. Because occupation is a determinant of health and well-being, social injustices that create inequitable occupational choices are unfair violations of occupational rights. The occupational therapy profession’s espoused aim of enhancing well-being through occupation demands theories that explicitly recognize the socially structured and inequitable shaping of choice, and consequent impact on people’s occupational rights.
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Albornoz, Facundo, Antonio Cabrales, and Esther Hauk. "Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers." Economic Journal 129, no. 621 (January 8, 2019): 1953–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12634.
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Abstract We study a model that integrates productive and socialising efforts with occupational choice, and endogenous spillovers. We show that more talented individuals work harder and contribute more to externalities, but also have incentives to segregate. Average socialising increases the productivity of the occupation. The size of an occupation grows with its synergies. Individuals underinvest in productive and socialising effort, and sort themselves inefficiently into occupations. We derive the optimal subsidy for sorting into different occupations. Finally, we derive a rule to identify overpopulated sectors and establish the connection between inequality of talents, socialising, productive efforts and occupation size.
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Brennan, Gareth James, and MaryBeth Gallagher. "Expectations of choice: an exploration of how social context informs gendered occupation." Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy 45, no. 1 (April 3, 2017): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijot-01-2017-0003.
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Purpose Occupational choice describes the process that leads to occupational engagement as a result of intrinsic and extrinsic influences. There has been a considerable amount of research concerning occupational choice, gender and adolescence. However, this has largely focused on the areas of career choice and engagement in risky health behaviours. This paper aims to expand on the literature by providing a broader scope of occupation more aligned with the concept associated with occupational science. Furthering this, the researcher aims to examine the influence of gender as an extrinsic influence on occupational choice. The researcher aims to explore how contextual influences inform gendered occupational choice. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory qualitative approach was used in the current study. Incorporating photographs as a means of elucidating conversation during the interview process, photo-elicitation interview techniques were used as part of the data collection. This involved using a collection of photographs to prompt participants to discuss their interpretations of various occupations. Six adolescent boys and girls aged 11-14 years participated in the study. Participants were recruited from mixed-gendered sports clubs in the West of Ireland. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. An occupational justice perspective was used to interpret the data. Findings Responses suggest that gender informs occupational choice through different mechanisms. These included social systems, physical and institutional opportunities as well as expectations participants held of themselves and others they considered to be within their social grouping. Social systems included groups such as friends and family. The ease of access to physical and institutional resources was another factor that informed choice. Participants projected views of expectations they perceived others held for them informed how the participants made their choices. These factors varied across gender. Despite opportunities being available to both sexes, choices were often restricted to particular occupations. Originality/value The findings suggest that factors informing the occupational choices of adolescents included a combination of intrinsic factors such as gender and perspectives, as well as external factors including peers, family and opportunities in the local community. Practical applications of this involve acknowledging and further understanding the contextually situated nature of choice to provide more equitable practice. The results of the study may provide more insight into the factors that enable and inhibit occupation. A further understanding of these influences can redirect how we view adolescent occupations in a way that promotes health.
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Nasir, Zafar Mueen. "An Analysis of Occupational Choice in Pakistan: A Multinomial Approach." Pakistan Development Review 44, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 57–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v44i1pp.57-79.
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Occupational choice plays an important role in determining earnings and success in the labour market. In the social structure of Pakistan, an occupation reflects the socio-economic status of the individual. In this backdrop, the paper looks at the occupational structure and analyses how different characteristics help individuals to access jobs of their choice. The main issue discussed in the paper is how men and women have a different occupation distribution. Estimates are based on a multinomial log model of occupation choices for men and women, using the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) 2001-02 data. The empirical results show that individuals with high educational achievements choose high-ranking jobs. It is also noted that gender has a role in the labour market and males are sorted out in high-paying occupation. Occupational choice is influenced more by the human capital variables than by the individual characteristics. Among human capital variables, education has the strongest impact in the selection of an occupation of choice.
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Tzampazi, Fani, Argyris Kyridis, and Anastasia Christodoulou. "‘What Will I Be When I Grow up?’ Children’s Preferred Future Occupations and Their Stereotypical Views." International Journal of Social Science Research 1, no. 1 (May 31, 2013): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijssr.v1i1.3788.
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This study explores the occupational preferences of 150 kindergarten and elementary school children living in urban, semi-urban and rural areas in Greece and the stereotypes that emerge from the choices they made when they were asked to make a drawing of ‘what they would like to be when they grow up’ and then to justify that choice. The statistical analysis of the data confirmed the findings made in previous studies: The analysis of variance showed that (a) the stereotypical representation of gender is more frequent among girls, (b) gender affects the choice of gender-typed occupations, as indicated by the boys’ more frequent choice of ‘traditionally masculine occupations’, (c) the educational background of the father affects children’s stereotyped choices, and (d) media and family influence is more frequent among younger children. Finally, the children’s justifications showed that, for the majority of the sample, their choice of occupation expresses a specific feeling, for a smaller percentage this choice expresses a certain playfulness, while for only a few does their choice express the desire for further knowledge and profit.
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Cortes, Patricia, and Jessica Pan. "Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship between Overwork and Skilled Women's Job Choices." American Economic Review 107, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 105–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171064.
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This paper examines the relationship between the prevalence of overwork and skilled women's labor force participation and occupational choice. Using country-level variation, we find a negative relationship between the share of males working 50+ hours a week and the LFP of young married women, with the correlation being much smaller for single women and older married women. Using a panel of occupations across countries, we find that overwork in an occupation is negatively correlated with the share of married women working in that occupation. This finding is robust to controlling for the occupational distribution of groups with fewer household responsibilities.
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Fischer-Browne, Melanie. "Pushing Higher or Lower? Divergent Parental Expectations and Compromises in Occupational Choice." Social Inclusion 10, no. 2 (June 9, 2022): 240–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i2.5056.
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Many adolescents in Germany are unable to realize their realistic occupational aspirations when they transition from school to vocational education and training (VET). However, little is known about the underlying circumstances and what the compromises look like when these adolescents come to take up a VET occupation. As parents perform an important socialization role, which is also influential in occupational orientation, this article examines the role of divergent parental expectations. Are parental expectations, which differ from adolescents’ realistic occupational aspirations, related to the probability that adolescents will take up different occupations than they originally aspired to? Are relatively higher or lower parental expectations associated with a corresponding direction of compromise formation? Are there differences between men and women in the relationship between divergent parental expectations and compromise formation? This empirical analysis is based on a sample of 1243 VET entrants from the starting cohort 4 of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The compromise formation of the adolescents is measured by comparing their realistic occupational aspirations from ninth grade with their first VET occupation. Results from multinomial logistic regression models show that adolescents adjust their occupational choices to their parents’ divergent expectations. Women are more likely to make compromises that accommodate their parents’ higher expectations.
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Fischer-Browne, Melanie. "Pushing Higher or Lower? Divergent Parental Expectations and Compromises in Occupational Choice." Social Inclusion 10, no. 2 (June 9, 2022): 240–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i4.5056.
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Many adolescents in Germany are unable to realize their realistic occupational aspirations when they transition from school to vocational education and training (VET). However, little is known about the underlying circumstances and what the compromises look like when these adolescents come to take up a VET occupation. As parents perform an important socialization role, which is also influential in occupational orientation, this article examines the role of divergent parental expectations. Are parental expectations, which differ from adolescents’ realistic occupational aspirations, related to the probability that adolescents will take up different occupations than they originally aspired to? Are relatively higher or lower parental expectations associated with a corresponding direction of compromise formation? Are there differences between men and women in the relationship between divergent parental expectations and compromise formation? This empirical analysis is based on a sample of 1243 VET entrants from the starting cohort 4 of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The compromise formation of the adolescents is measured by comparing their realistic occupational aspirations from ninth grade with their first VET occupation. Results from multinomial logistic regression models show that adolescents adjust their occupational choices to their parents’ divergent expectations. Women are more likely to make compromises that accommodate their parents’ higher expectations.
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Laditka, Sarah, James Laditka, and Ahmed Arif. "Linking Work-Life Occupational Exposures With Distress and Mortality Before and After Retirement." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1425.
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Abstract Mental health problems have surpassed musculoskeletal injuries as causes of work disability. Workers in certain occupations may have high risks for mental health problems and premature death even after retirement. People in high risk occupations for many years may be particularly vulnerable, along with groups with higher health risks such as rural residents. Little research examines their occupation-related risks. No research has examined how occupational exposures affect mental health in retirement. We studied these life course risks using the nationally representative Panel Study of Income Dynamics, following participants 36 years beginning 1981, with annual measures of occupation and distress (n=16,994; 129,880 occupation measures; 415 deaths). We estimated hazards of developing distress in occupations hypothesized to have high and low distress risks, adjusted for factors associated with occupational choice and mental health including age, education, income, race/ethnicity, sex, childhood and midlife health, and family trauma. Compared to low risk occupations, working in high risk occupations was associated with 20% elevated odds of distress (adjusted odds ratio, OR 1.20, 95% confidence interval, CI 1.13 1.28) and 55% elevated risk of death (hazard ratio 1.55, CI 1.11-2.16). Each additional year in a high risk occupation increased the odds by 5%. Rural residents had the highest occupation-related distress risk (adjusted OR 3.05, CI 2.39-3.97). At ages 70+ each additional past exposure year was associated with 2% higher distress risk (p<0.05), and 4.6% higher mortality (p<0.05). Workers in certain occupations have high risks of psychological distress and death, even after retirement.
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Guvenen, Fatih, Burhan Kuruscu, Satoshi Tanaka, and David Wiczer. "Multidimensional Skill Mismatch." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 210–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.20160241.
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What determines the earnings of a worker relative to his peers in the same occupation? What makes a worker fail in one occupation but succeed in another? More broadly, what are the factors that determine the productivity of a worker-occupation match? To help answer questions like these, we propose an empirical measure of multidimensional skill mismatch that is based on the discrepancy between the portfolio of skills required by an occupation and the portfolio of abilities possessed by a worker for learning those skills. This measure arises naturally in a dynamic model of occupational choice and human capital accumulation with multidimensional skills and Bayesian learning about one’s ability to learn skills. Not only does mismatch depress wage growth in the current occupation, it also leaves a scarring effect—by stunting skill acquisition—that reduces wages in future occupations. Mismatch also predicts different aspects of occupational switching behavior. We construct the empirical analog of our skill mismatch measure from readily available US panel data on individuals and occupations and find empirical support for these implications. The magnitudes of these effects are large: moving from the worst- to best-matched decile can improve wages by 11 percent per year for the rest of one’s career. (JEL E24, J24, J31, J41)
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Verevkin, L. P., and N. M. Berdyklycheva. "The Choice of Occupation." Russian Education & Society 34, no. 6 (June 1992): 29–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/res1060-9393340629.
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Sloane, Carolyn M., Erik G. Hurst, and Dan A. Black. "College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap." Journal of Economic Perspectives 35, no. 4 (November 1, 2021): 223–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.4.223.
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The paper assesses gender differences in pre-labor market specialization among the college-educated and highlights how those differences have evolved over time. Women choose majors with lower potential earnings (based on male wages associated with those majors) and subsequently sort into occupations with lower potential earnings given their major choice. These differences have narrowed over time, but recent cohorts of women still choose majors and occupations with lower potential earnings. Differences in undergraduate major choice explain a substantive portion of gender wage gaps for the college-educated above and beyond simply controlling for occupation. Collectively, our results highlight the importance of understanding gender differences in the mapping between college major and occupational sorting when studying the evolution of gender differences in labor market outcomes over time.
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Gill, Andrew M. "The Role of Discrimination in Determining Occupational Structure." ILR Review 42, no. 4 (July 1989): 610–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979398904200410.
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The author of this study attempts to isolate the role of discrimination in determining racial differences in occupational structure. Logit techniques are used to identify and distinguish between determinants of the probability that an individual will choose an occupation and the probability that an individual will be hired for a desired job. The empirical results indicate that much of the under-representation of blacks in managerial, sales and clerical, and craft occupations can be attributed to employment discrimination. These findings thus seriously challenge human capital models, which treat occupational distribution as resulting from individual choice.
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Dierdorff, Erich C. "Toward Reviving an Occupation with Occupations." Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 6, no. 1 (January 21, 2019): 397–419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012218-015019.
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The notion of occupation has long played a vital role in understanding the psychology of individual behavior, choice, perceptions, and attitudes in work contexts. However, the centrality of occupation to research found within the broader organizational psychology and behavior literature has been largely supplanted in favor of a more organization-centric lens. The primary goal of this review is to build a case for renewing direct efforts to more meaningfully integrate occupation into organizational psychology and behavior scholarship. In doing so, this review outlines what it means, and why it matters, to once again take occupations more seriously in our theory and research. I discuss five essential ways occupations influence important organizational psychology and behavior phenomena and exemplifying evidence from previous research. The review concludes with illustrations of occupationally focused questions that could be investigated across several specific organizational psychology and behavior topics.
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Lattanner, Betsy, and Bert Hayslip. "Occupation-Related Differences in Levels of Death Anxiety." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 15, no. 1 (August 1985): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/r4h1-0wjt-v1w3-quv9.
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In order to ascertain the validity of the sentence completion method in the measurement of death anxiety, ten randomly selected items from the Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank, Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), Collett-Lester Attitude toward Death Scale, and a metaphoric image task were administered to forty volunteers in death-related occupations (firemen, funeral personnel) and forty individuals in non-death related occupations (secretaries, accountants, teachers, etc.). While Templer DAS scores (measuring conscious death anxiety) did not differ across groups, a conscious concern for the deaths of others, and two of four dimensions of covert/subconscious death fear, differentiated those in death-related occupations and those with non-death-related jobs. Substantial between-group differences in relationships among measures of age and conscious, fantasy, and covert levels of awareness were consistent with the notion of an occupation X sex X levels of death anxiety interaction in the present study. Implications of these data for occupational choice and for the measurement of death anxiety are discussed.
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Rebeiro, Karen L. "Client Perspectives on Occupational Therapy Practice: Are We Truly Client-Centred?" Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 67, no. 1 (February 2000): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000841740006700103.
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In Canada, the guidelines for the practice of occupational therapy are named and framed as client-centred. Two in-depth interviews were conducted with clients of mental health services about their experiences with a hospital-based occupational therapy service. These occupational therapy clients described their experiences as prescriptive, and as less than client-centred. With the publication of Enabling occupation: A Canadian occupational therapy perspective (Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists [CAOT], 1997) and an increasingly refined focus on being client-centred, these interviews highlight the challenges of a client-centred practice within the current health care environment. These occupational therapy clients raise issues of importance for occupational therapy. The participants stated that the prescription of ‘activity’, a lack of choice, and a focus upon the illness as opposed to the individual, served to diminish any collaborative partnership with the client and eliminate the client from any decision-making process. This distancing from the client, in their opinion, served to greatly diminish any therapeutic value of occupation. The participants recommended a greater focus upon occupational choice, consideration of the individual within the client, providing accepting, supportive environments, and using professional expertise on occupation to guide the client towards participation in meaningful occupation. These recommendations are strikingly similar to the most recent guidelines for the client-centred practice of occupational therapy in Canada. A discussion of the implications of these findings for the client-centred practice of occupational therapy is offered.
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Ohno, Kanta, Kounosuke Tomori, Takashi Takebayashi, Tatsunori Sawada, Hirofumi Nagayama, William MM Levack, Kazuhisa Domen, and Toshio Higashi. "Development of a tool to facilitate real life activity retraining in hand and arm therapy." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 80, no. 5 (March 28, 2017): 310–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308022617692602.
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Introduction Successful recovery of upper extremity function after stroke is more likely when the affected limb is used regularly in daily life. We developed an iPad (Apple) application called the ‘Aid for Decision-Making in Occupation Choice for Hand’ to facilitate daily upper extremity use. This study examined the suitability of items and pictures in the Aid for Decision-Making in Occupation Choice for Hand, and tested a paper prototype of the application (which has since been produced). Method We used a Delphi method with 10 expert occupational therapists to refine the items in the aid. Next, we prepared pictures of items in the aid and confirmed their suitability by testing them with 10 patients (seven stroke, three cervical spondylotic myelopathy). Nine occupational therapists conducted field tests with a paper prototype of the aid in clinical practice to examine its utility. Results After four Delphi rounds, we selected 130 items representing activities of daily living, organized into 16 categories. Of 130 pictures, 128 were recognizable to patients as representing the intended activities. Based on testing of the paper prototype, we found the Aid for Decision-Making in Occupation Choice for Hand process was suitable for clinical practice, and could be organized into six steps. Conclusion The Aid for Decision-Making in Occupation Choice for Hand process may promote daily upper extremity use. This application, since developed, now needs to be clinically tested in its digital form.
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Traiberman, Sharon. "Occupations and Import Competition: Evidence from Denmark." American Economic Review 109, no. 12 (December 1, 2019): 4260–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20161925.
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I argue that the winners and losers from trade are decided primarily by occupation. In addition to fixed adjustment costs, workers build up specific human capital over time that is destroyed when they must change occupations. I show that ignoring human capital biases estimates of adjustment costs upward by a factor of 3. Estimating an occupational choice model of the Danish labor market, I show that 57 percent of the dispersion in worker outcomes is accounted for by occupations, and only 16 percent by sectors. Finally, the model suggests that rising import competition from 1995–2005 reduced lifetime earnings for 5 percent of workers. (JEL F14, F16, J24, J31)
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NGUYEN, QUANG. "How nurture can shape preferences: an experimental study on risk preferences of Vietnamese fishers." Environment and Development Economics 15, no. 5 (August 20, 2010): 609–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x10000203.
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ABSTRACTWe combined field experiment and household survey data to investigate whether working in a risky occupation such as fishing makes fishers less risk averse than people in other occupations. The unique characteristic of Vietnam's fisheries enables us to solve the endogeneity problem of occupational choice usually found in this kind of study. We used prospect theory as the main analytical framework and developed a practical procedure to simultaneously estimate the parameters of the utility function under prospect theory. The key finding is that working in a fishery makes economic agents less risk averse than others.
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Liu, Yasi, Junyu Yang, and Zhuo Huang. "Analysis on the Causes and Influence of College Students ' Occupational Gender Stereotypes." BCP Social Sciences & Humanities 16 (March 26, 2022): 536–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v16i.510.
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Based on the sampling survey data of ten universities in Wuhan, this study uses binary Logistic regression and Stereotypic Explanatory Bias (SEB) quantitative method to explore the influencing factors of college students' occupational gender stereotypes and analyze the influence of college students' occupational gender stereotypes on their employment choices from the point of occupational gender stereotype. The results show that: Wuhan college students have significant occupational gender stereotypes, but will consciously suppress external stereotypes; Occupational concept affects occupational gender stereotype; Occupational gender stereotype affects college students' career choice. Combined with the research results, the end of This study puts forward some suggestions to change the stereotype of college students' career gender and optimize the employment field. Respectively, colleges and universities set up relevant courses to correctly shape college students' view of occupation and gender; Mass media guide society to establish a correct occupation concept; The state and society strengthen the institutional building, introduce policies and regulations; The enterprise establish es fair, impartial and open employment and promotion systems, breaking down gender barriers in various industries and eliminating "hidden discrimination".
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Bhinder, Sacha, Lisa Cicutto, Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, and Susan M. Tarlo. "Perception of Asthma as a Factor in Career Choice among Young Adults with Asthma." Canadian Respiratory Journal 16, no. 6 (2009): e69-e75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/810820.
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Asthma is a common chronic condition that can be aggravated by workplace exposures. Young adults with asthma should know how their future occupation might affect their asthma, and potentially, their quality of life. The aim of the present study was to assess the awareness of young adults to occupational risks for asthma and high-risk occupations, as well as their perception of the role of asthma in career choice.METHODS: Young adults 16 to 22 years of age with reported physician-diagnosed asthma were recruited to complete a questionnaire eliciting information regarding asthma control, career choice and awareness of occupational exposure risks.RESULTS: A small majority of the study cohort (56.4%) could identify occupations that cause or exacerbate asthma, and 34.7% indicated that asthma was an important factor in their career plans. Family physicians were most responsible for asthma management (80.2%), but young adults were more likely to discuss asthma and career plans with their parents (43.6%) or friends (29.7%) than with their family physician (13.9%; P<0.001).CONCLUSION: Young adults with asthma have suboptimal awareness of potential work-related asthma risks. Family physicians most commonly provide asthma care to these young adults. However, few young adults are talking to their family physicians about career choices and asthma. This observation represents an area of asthma care that needs to be explored in young adults with asthma.
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Morgan, Jordan Alexis. "Cultivating a career: Effects of television binge-watching and character identification on college students’ goal occupations." IU Journal of Undergraduate Research 3, no. 1 (September 5, 2017): 48–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/iujur.v3i1.23335.
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This paper focuses on the effects that heavy television viewing can have on viewers’ life choices. Specifically, it investigates how television can influence their desires to be like favorite characters and to obtain a goal occupation that aligns with that of their favorite characters. This study surveyed undergraduate students at Indiana University to see if their favorite characters on popular career-based television shows could have influenced their major and career choice. Respondents were also surveyed to see if the act of binge watching heightened the likelihood of a viewer’s goal occupation that corresponding with the career of their favorite character. The results showed that there was some correspondence between favorite characters’ careers and viewers’ goal occupations. However, the results showed no significant difference in the effects of binge watching.
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Papageorgiou, Theodore. "Occupational Matching and Cities." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 14, no. 3 (July 1, 2022): 82–132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.20180122.
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In this paper, I document that workers in larger cities have significantly more occupational options than workers in smaller ones. They are able to form better occupational matches and earn higher wages. I also note differences in occupation reallocation patterns across cities. I develop a dynamic model of occupation choice that microfounds agglomeration economies and captures the empirical patterns. The calibration of the model suggests that better occupational match quality accounts for approximately 35 percent of the observed wage premium and one-third of the greater inequality in larger cities. (JEL J24, J31, J41, J63, R23)
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Sharma, Shweta. "Cultural Theory of Poverty and Informal Sector: A Comparison of Street Vendors in Vijayawada and Chennai." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 13, no. 2 (November 24, 2018): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v13.n2.p2.
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<p>The low incomes of poor have been attributed to either their individual factors (such as genetic or their personal choices) or to the socio-cultural factors. This paper is an attempt to understand whether the cultural theory and its associated parameters are equally applicable to different sizes of cities (differentiated by their population sizes). The socio-cultural factors chosen for the study are fourfold: social factors (gender, religion, dependents, choice of occupation and choice of migration), economic factors (occupation before migration), cyclical factors (willingness to stay in the same occupation) and geographical factors (distance of vendors’ native place to Chennai/ Vijayawada). Impact of these factors has been tested on income in the two cities (Tier X {larger}-Chennai and Tier Y {smaller}-Vijayawada) through a Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results reveal that in both the smaller size city (Vijayawada) as well as the larger size city (Chennai) cyclical and economic factors have a major impact on the earnings of vendors. Geographical factors have the least bearing on the income in both the cities. Although social factors are not important in case of Vijayawada, few social factors such as gender, choice of occupation and choice of migration do impact earnings of vendors in Chennai.</p>
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Aslam, Monazza, and Shenila Rawal. "Preparing Women of Substance? Education, Training, and Labor Market Outcomes for Women in Pakistan." LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 18, Special Edition (September 1, 2013): 93–128. http://dx.doi.org/10.35536/lje.2013.v18.isp.a5.
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This paper investigates the economic (i.e., labor market) outcomes of “training” for individuals in Pakistan. The labor market benefits of general education have been relatively well explored in the literature and specifically in Pakistan. They point to the benefits of education accruing both from education or skills that promote a person’s entry into more lucrative occupations and from raising earnings within any given occupation. This research delves into another angle by investigating the role, if any, of acquired “training“—technical, vocational, apprenticeship, or on-thejob— and its impact through both channels of effect on economic wellbeing. This is done using data from a unique, purpose-designed survey of more than 1,000 households in Pakistan, collected in 2007. Multinomial logit estimates of occupational attainment show how training determines occupational choice. In addition, we estimate the returns to schooling and to training separately for men and women. The results show that, while training significantly improves women’s chances of entering self-employment and wage work (as well as the more “lucrative” occupations), only wage-working women benefit from improved earnings through the training they have acquired. On the other hand, men who have acquired skills this way benefit through an improved probability of being self-employed and earning higher returns within that occupation.
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Etowa, Egbe Bassey, and Olugbenga Wilson Adejo. "Occupational choice and agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria: Impact of ICTs." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 11, no. 1-2 (June 30, 2017): 111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2017/1-2/14.
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Increased labour efficiency is imperative in the developing world and particularly in Nigerian Agriculture which should be in its leaping phase. The interaction between labour efficiency and ICTs is inevitable in the realisation of the nation’s agribusiness potentials. Following a vivid descriptive statistics on main occupations and access to ICTs among the Nigerian populace, this study assessed effects of ICTs on the probability that a working aged Nigerian chose agricultural occupation over non-agricultural occupations. In doing so, the study analysed the effects of access to ICTs on agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria. Data used for the analysis were drawn from the Nigerian General Household Survey-Panel held in 2010-2011 period. Analytical framework for the study include: Logistic Regression and Multiple Regression Models. Results show that access to mobile phones, using the internet to obtain information, and using the internet to send or receive mails were significant factors of the probability that a Nigerian chose agriculture or its related activities as a main occupation. Again, access to personal computers, use of the internet for e-banking, e-learning and for reading e-newspapers had significant impact on agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria. The study recommends that labour policies should find a place for the role of ICTs, particularly the internet.
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Li, Huisi (Jessica), Kun Yu, Youhuang Huang, and Xiaotong Jin. "Not All Leaving Is Created Equal." Journal of Personnel Psychology 18, no. 1 (January 2019): 10–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000216.
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Abstract. Drawing on social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and the focus–congruence approach, this study examines how organizational and occupational turnover is differently influenced by work-related factors. Using a sample of 2,353 teachers in rural China, results first showed that negative relationships between organization-focused predictors (i.e., leader support, colleague support, and physical resources for work) and organizational turnover intentions were significant. Similarly, the negative relationship between occupation-focused predictors (i.e., occupational satisfaction, salary satisfaction, and occupational choice motivations) and occupational turnover intentions was also significant. Moreover, occupation-focused predictors have a stronger relationship with occupational turnover intentions than organizational turnover intentions, and vice versa. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Lo Bello, Salvatore, and Iacopo Morchio. "Like father, like son: Occupational choice, intergenerational persistence and misallocation." Quantitative Economics 13, no. 2 (2022): 629–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/qe1375.
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We develop a dynamic quantitative model of occupational choice and search frictions with multiple channels of intergenerational transmission (comparative advantage, social contacts, and preferences), and use it to decompose the occupational persistence observed in the UK. In the model, workers who choose their father's occupation find jobs faster and earn lower wages, which is consistent with patterns found in UK data. Quantitatively, parental networks account for 79% of total persistence. Shutting down parental networks or the transmission of preferences improves the allocation of workers, and thus yields welfare gains, while removing the transmission of comparative advantage generates welfare losses.
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Mehl, Michael J. "Occupation-number broadening schemes: Choice of “temperature”." Physical Review B 61, no. 3 (January 15, 2000): 1654–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.61.1654.
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SMITH, PAULA A. "The Choice of a Sex-Nontraditional Occupation." Youth & Society 21, no. 3 (March 1990): 399–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118x90021003006.
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K, V. "Motives for School Students' Choice of Occupation." Soviet Education 32, no. 4 (April 1990): 57–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/res1060-9393320457.
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Aliyev, E. R. "Cluster development of Azerbaijani territories liberated from the Armenian occupation: choice of model." Mathematical machines and systems 1 (2021): 108–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.34121/1028-9763-2021-1-108-115.
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The regeneration of the territory of Karabakh is the primary task on the way to further strengthening the political and economic sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the territories liberated from the Armenian occupation, it is planned to provide a safe and dignified life for internally displaced per-sons in the shortest possible time, to carry out creative and restoration work in all areas, as well as to run effective activities for setting an impulse for a sustainable growth in the well-being of the returned native population. The modern practice of clustering the territories of advanced development, carried out in different countries, is characterized by a synergistic effect from the maximum use of regional re-sources, which makes it possible to achieve significant economic benefits within a minimum period. Within the framework of the cluster approach, the project is «placed» in a specific sector of the cluster and is implemented on the basis of a worked-out mechanism, taking into account socio-economic, polit-ical and legal aspects. It is within this sector that favorable conditions are created for the implementa-tion of the project, due to which, in fact, a synergistic effect is achieved and the desired output is pro-vided. Cluster development of the territories liberated from the Armenian occupation provides for state participation, including at the levels of sectoral executive authorities, regional government and local authorities, as well as in the person of state development institutions and institutional investors in inte-grated development projects – direct investment funds and leading systemically important banks. The residents of innovation clusters and technology parks, leading Azerbaijani developers, representatives of business structures, as well as private investors interested in portfolio investments can and should be-come other important actors in this process. Within this approach, a model of an economic cluster is proposed for the accelerated development of the territories of Azerbaijan liberated from the Armenian occupation.
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Lambon-Quayefio, Monica Puoma, and Nkechi Srodah Owoo. "Child labour, future earnings and occupation choice: evidence from Ghana." International Journal of Social Economics 45, no. 12 (December 3, 2018): 1590–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-06-2017-0261.
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Purpose The prevalence of child labour continues to feature prominently on the agenda of many sub-Saharan African countries. The problem remains critical despite existing laws and other legislative instruments that have been put in place to address the situation. The purpose of this paper is to examine a critical consequence of child labour, that is, its effect on future earnings and occupational choice. Design/methodology/approach The most recent round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey is used for this purpose. In addition to the Heckman model, the study employs propensity score and nearest neighbour matching techniques to account for the possible self-selection in engaging in child labour activities. Also, the multinomial logit model was employed to determine the choice of occupations of people who were engaged in child labour. Findings Results indicate that early labour market entry significantly reduces future earnings, possibly due to lower human capital accumulation. These results remain robust with different estimators. Additionally, results from the second objective show that child labour increases the odds of choosing low-skilled occupations. Originality/value In Ghana, the negative consequences of child labour on educational attainment have been well documented. Less, if at all, studied are the long-term consequences of child labour, particularly on future economic status.
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Ludwikowski, Wyndolyn M. A., Heath A. Schechinger, and Patrick Ian Armstrong. "Are Interest Assessments Propagating Gender Differences in Occupations?" Journal of Career Assessment 28, no. 1 (January 7, 2019): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069072718821600.
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The current study focused on the effect of assessment methods on estimates of gender differences in interests across Holland’s themes. College students (121 women, 76 men) rated their interests in Holland-based activities and occupations using Likert-type scales, and they also completed a card sorting assessment of Holland interests using occupation-based items. Gender differences were consistently observed for realistic and social interests with the magnitude of the observed gender differences varying by measure type. A Gender × Measure interaction accounted for 33% of the variance observed in interest scores: Occupation-based scales produced larger differences than activity-based scales, and the card sorting assessment produced larger gender differences than the Likert-type rating scales. Therefore, the choice of interest measure used in career counseling may influence the extent to which gender affects the career decision-making process, which may be particularly important when exploring nontraditional career choices for women and men.
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Tomori, Kounosuke, Hirofumi Nagayama, Kanta Ohno, Ryutaro Nagatani, Yuki Saito, Kayoko Takahashi, Tatsunori Sawada, and Toshio Higashi. "Comparison of occupation-based and impairment-based occupational therapy for subacute stroke: a randomized controlled feasibility study." Clinical Rehabilitation 29, no. 8 (November 7, 2014): 752–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215514555876.
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Objective:To compare occupation-based and impairment-based approaches in occupational therapy and determine the feasibility of patient recruitment and retention.Design:A multicenter, randomized, controlled pilot trial with a single blind assessor.Setting:Ten subacute rehabilitation units in Japan.Participants:Fifty-four patients with subacute stroke.Interventions:The experimental group used the iPad application, Aid for Decision-making in Occupation Choice, to establish occupation-based goals, and evaluation and intervention were conducted mainly through real occupations. The control group was evaluated according to patients’ generic abilities and activities of daily living (ADL), and the intervention mainly involved the impairment-based approach.Main outcome measures:Short Form-36, Functional Independence Measure, Brunnstrom recovery stages, The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, and length of hospital stay.Results:Of the 1465 potential participants, 54 (3%) subacute stroke patients were enrolled over 16 months and 68% ( n = 36) were retained to the 2-month assessment: experimental group ( n = 16); control group ( n = 21). Although there was no significant intergroup difference for any outcomes, the experimental group had a small effect size advantage on the Short Form-36 “General health” ( d = 0.42) and “Role emotional” ( d = 0.43) subscales relative to the control group. A sample of 118 subacute stroke patients per group would be required for a lager study.Conclusions:Results suggest that the occupation-based approach has more potential to improve “General health” and “Role emotional” scores on the Short Form-36 than the impairment-based approach. Further investigation of study protocol with interventions and recruiting is needed prior to a larger trial.
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Woods, Stephen A., Fiona C. Patterson, Bart Wille, and Anna Koczwara. "Personality and occupational specialty." Career Development International 21, no. 3 (June 13, 2016): 262–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cdi-10-2015-0130.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the role of personality in occupational specialty choice, to better understand how and in what ways personality traits might influence vocational development after a person has chosen a career. Design/methodology/approach – The study tested hypotheses in a sample of UK medical students, each of whom had chosen their specialty pathway, and completed a measure of the Big Five personality traits. Associations of the junior doctor’s Big Five personality traits with the Holland’s realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional (RIASEC) profiles of their medical specialty selections (derived from the O*NET database) were examined. Findings – Findings provided good support for the hypotheses. Junior doctors’ agreeableness (with social) and neuroticism (with realistic, artistic and enterprising) were the main predictors of the RIASEC profiles of their specialty selections. Research limitations/implications – The findings suggest that personality traits influence specialty selection in predictable ways, and differently compared to occupational choice. The paper discusses findings within a theoretical framework that explains how and why trait influences on within occupational specialty selection differ from influences on occupational interest and choice more broadly. The potential mechanisms underlying these associations are explored in the context of motivational aspects of agreeableness and neuroticism. Practical implications – Within-occupation specialties should feature in career guidance discussions and interventions more explicitly to enable people to decide whether occupational specialties are available that appeal to their individual differences. Originality/value – This is the first study to examine the relations of personality and occupational specialty through the lens of the RIASEC model, and the first to propose cross-occupation theoretical pathways from personality to specialty choice. The data from the field of medicine enable us to test the propositions in a suitably diverse set of occupational specialties.
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Mičiulienė, Rita, and Kristina Kovalčikienė. "Vocational Teacher’s Career as a Second Profession and Factors Determining Its Choice." Pedagogika 140, no. 4 (January 29, 2021): 194–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2020.140.11.
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There is an increasing focus on the so-called hybrid teacher, at the European level. This teacher can alternatively work in a vocational school and a business. It is highly believed that this would help to solve both the aging of VET teachers and the quality of VET. The factors determining the choice of a VET teacher as a second career as well as perceptions of the participants’ former occupation were examined in this research using respectively the FIT-Choice and the PPO scales. The survey involved 114 VET teachers from 33 VET institutions of the country. The results revealed the determinants of VET teachers’ career choice, the most important of which are the high requirements of the teaching profession, the willingness to work with young people, and the influence of former teachers. The analysis of the relations between the perception of prior occupations and these determinants showed that social significance of prior occupation, strong interest in the subject and teaching, as well as workplace training self-efficacy facilitates the transition from business to vocational training. The results are discussed taking to similar studies conducted in other countries using the same measuring instruments.
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Sella Rohmawati and Kristian Adi Putra. "OCCUPATIONAL GENDER STEREOTYPES IN INDONESIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS." IJLECR - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND CULTURE REVIEW 8, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/ijlecr.081.07.
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This discourse study examines occupational gender stereotypes in two textbooks of secondary English language textbooks published in Indonesia. Occupational gender stereotypes in two English textbooks, entitled When English Rings a Bell, for grades 7 and 8 were analyzed with the help of Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) framework. The findings indicate that both textbooks encompass gender stereotypes, particularly occupation. The findings also revealed far fewer photos of women in the public domain than there were of men, indicating that women in conventional gender roles such as cooking, cleaning, watering plants, caring for children, and performing all domestic activities were far more common. Furthermore, the study found that male occupations were more common and diverse than female occupations regarding occupational gender stereotypes. Furthermore, in terms of societal responsibilities, males were demonstrated to have a wider choice of vocations than girls. Gender blindness among curriculum designers and textbook authors is a severe worry in this regard, and it must be addressed to improve awareness of gender-related occupations. The study's practical implications are that English teachers, language textbook authors, curriculum creators, and illustrators should be fully aware of the interplay between language, visual depictions, and gender concerns while constructing language textbooks to avoid unwanted insights into occupational gender stereotypes.
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Budjanovcanin, Alexandra, and Chris Woodrow. "Regretting your occupation constructively: A qualitative study of career choice and occupational regret." Journal of Vocational Behavior 136 (August 2022): 103743. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103743.
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Bjertnæs, Geir Haakon. "Income Taxation, Tuition Subsidies, and Choice of Occupation." Public Finance Review 34, no. 5 (September 2006): 574–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1091142106289170.
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Davis, Steven J., and Paul Willen. "Occupation-Level Income Shocks and Asset Returns: Their Covariance and Implications for Portfolio Choice." Quarterly Journal of Finance 03, no. 03n04 (September 2013): 1350011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2010139213500110.
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This paper develops and applies a simple graphical approach to portfolio selection that accounts for covariance between asset returns and an investor's labor income. Our graphical approach easily handles income shocks that are partly hedgable, multiple risky assets, many periods and life cycle considerations. We apply the approach to occupation-level components of individual income innovations estimated from repeated cross-sections of the current population survey. We characterize several properties of these innovations, including their covariance with aggregate equity returns, long-term bond returns, and returns on several other assets. Aggregate equity returns are uncorrelated with the occupation-level income innovations, but a portfolio formed on firm size is significantly correlated with income innovations for several occupations, and so are selected industry-level equity portfolios. An application of the theory to the empirical results shows (a) large predicted levels of risky asset holdings compared to observed levels, (b) considerable variation in optimal portfolio allocations over the life cycle, and (c) large departures from the two-fund separation principle.
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Ales, Laurence, and Christopher Sleet. "Optimal Taxation of Income‐Generating Choice." Econometrica 90, no. 5 (2022): 2397–436. http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/ecta18542.
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Discrete location, occupation, skill, and hours choices of workers underpin their incomes. This paper analyzes the optimal taxation of discrete income‐generating choice. It derives optimal tax equations and Pareto test inequalities for mixed logit choice environments that can accommodate discrete and unstructured choice sets, rich preference heterogeneity, and complex aggregate cross‐substitution patterns between choices. These equations explicitly connect optimal taxes to societal redistributive goals and private substitution behavior, with the latter encoded as a substitution matrix that describes cross‐sensitivities of choice distributions to tax‐induced utility variation. In repeated mixed logit settings, the substitution matrix is exactly the Markov matrix of shock‐induced agent transitions across choices. We describe implications of this equivalence for evaluation of prevailing tax designs and the structural estimation of optimal policy mixed logit models. We apply our results to two salient examples: spatial taxation and taxation of couples.
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Clarke, Cathy. "Can Occupational Therapy Address the Occupational Implications of Hoarding?" Occupational Therapy International 2019 (March 4, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5347403.
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Hoarding is often described as a medical disorder, defined by a persistent difficulty in discarding possessions and associated high levels of emotional distress when forced to part with these. This article will discuss how having a different view of hoarding, seeing hoarding as a daily occupation which provides value, purpose, and meaning and with a relationship to self-identity and life purpose, could offer alternate interventions to support an individual who hoards. The article will consider the components of hoarding activity and how these relate to health and wellbeing and doing, being, belonging, and becoming as understood by occupational therapists. The article will consider what occupational therapy, a profession which considers a person’s daily occupations, the things that occupy their time and which give meaning to their existence, could offer as an alternative to current hoarding interventions. Proposals for occupational therapy interventions will be suggested which would support occupational choice, support engagement in activities which have more positive outcomes on a person’s health, and seek to address barriers which limit engagement and occupational performance in activities within the person’s home environment.
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Day, Nicholas, Khandker Nurul Habib, and Eric J. Miller. "Analysis of work trip timing and mode choice in the Greater Toronto Area." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 37, no. 5 (May 2010): 695–705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l10-008.
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This paper focuses on examining and analyzing observed trends in work trip making in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Commuter trip timing and mode choice behaviour are investigated to explain the main reasons behind peak spreading observed in cordon count data from 1975 through 2004 and to better understand the relationship between modal and temporal decisions. From analysis it becomes clear that significant differences exist in the trip timing trends of individuals choosing different modes. Multinomial logit mode choice models are developed for separate occupation groups, revealing significant differences in the mode choice preferences between occupation groups. Such differences are related to the differences in occupation-specific factors, including labour rates, work hour rules, free parking availability, and the spatial distribution of work locations. Overall, the investigations of this paper indicate that a joint analysis and modelling of trip timing and mode choice has considerable merit in travel demand models.
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Gattiker, Urs E., and Aaron Cohen. "Gender-Based Wage Differences: The Effects of Occupation and Job Segregation in Israel." Articles 52, no. 3 (April 12, 2005): 507–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/051184ar.
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This article reports on an analysis of gender differences in the process governing salary disparity between typically female occupations and typically male occupations. The research surveyed 771 white collar employees. The findings indicate that choice of occupation does affect income disparity. This study provides evidence of pay discrimination against men in predominantly female occupations and against women in female- and male-dominated positions. In contrast to North American studies, women did not experience a positive effect by being employed in the public sector, nor did either of the genders working in larger organizations. The implications of the findings for the generalizability of human capital, structural and institutional theories explaining wage disparity in a cross-national context are discussed.
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Todd, Petra E., and Weilong Zhang. "A dynamic model of personality, schooling, and occupational choice." Quantitative Economics 11, no. 1 (2020): 231–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/qe890.
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This paper develops a dynamic model of schooling and occupational choices that incorporates personality traits, as measured by the “big five” traits. The model is estimated using the HILDA dataset from Australia. Personality traits are found to play an important role in explaining education and occupation choices over the lifecycle. Results show that individuals with a comparative advantage in schooling and white‐collar work have, on average, higher cognitive skills and higher personality trait scores. Allowing personality traits to evolve with age and with schooling proves to be important to capturing the heterogeneity in how people respond to educational policies. The estimated model is used to evaluate two education policies: compulsory senior secondary school and a 50% college tuition subsidy. Both policies increase educational attainment and also affect personality traits.
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KARS, Fatih, and Metin ÖZKUL. "Yaşam Tarzı Göstergesi Olarak Meslekler." Sosyolojik Bağlam Dergisi 2, April 2021 (April 15, 2021): 37–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.52108/2757-5942.2.1.3.
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The aim of this study is to inquire how the relationships created by individuals from various professions for the purpose of performing the profession affect their lifestyles. In this direction, firstly, the characteristics of the social environment in which the individuals, who are the representatives of various occupations, have grown up and the effect of this environment on the choice of occupation have been tried to be described. Secondly, it was tried to be determined the existence of a lifestyle specific to the members of the occupational category through the behaviors, relationships and interactions required by the profession. Finally, the possible existence of an interaction between the lifestyle of occupational members and selected variables related to their social environment and occupations was tried to be analyzed. The field data of the study was gathered interviewing face to face, via a question form which consisted of structured and semi-structured questions intending for a sample of 384 people determined at 95% confidence level over individuals in various occupational groups in the city center of Isparta. These data were categorized into various statistical categories in the light of the information in the related literature and were tried to be analyzed applying the significance test (X2). One of the most significant general results of modernization is the differentiation of the groups that constitute societies regarding various variables. One of these differentiations, also referred to as multiculturalism, is occupational groupings. This study is considered significant in terms of revealing whether social groups that differ through professional preferences form a unique lifestyle or not. As a result of the findings obtained in the study, it was detected that the occupations learned by traditional methods and the groups of professional occupations acquired through education differ in terms of their lifestyles. While members of traditional professions have less lifestyle differentiation compared to the previous generation, professional occupational groups differ much more than previous generations to which they are connected in terms of their social origins. Professional occupation groups create distinctive lifestyles in the context of professional diversity in their own category, as well as differentiation in terms of social prestige, leisure time activities, family structures, consumption tendencies and approaches of evaluating their social environment, according to the members of the traditional profession.
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Rudman, Debbie Laliberte. "Situating occupation in social relations of power: Occupational possibilities, ageism and the retirement 'choice'." South African Journal of Occupational Therapy 45, no. 1 (2015): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2015/v45no1a5.
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MOILANEN, PAAVO, and OLLI IHALAINEN. "Social background, choice of occupation, and occupational expectations of medical students in Northern Finland." Medical Education 8, no. 4 (January 29, 2009): 230–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1974.tb01978.x.
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Aloraini, Saleh M., and Ghdy R. Alrsheed. "Exploring Saudi Physical Therapists’ Perceptions and Opinions on Their Profession: A Mixed-Method Study." Rehabilitation Research and Practice 2022 (June 21, 2022): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2890548.
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Background and Purpose. The social standing of any occupation is often referred to as occupational prestige. Occupational prestige is often evaluated as how a particular occupation is regarded relative to other occupations by different groups in the society. Occupational prestige is a useful indicator of a profession’s marketability and desirability. As physical therapists (PTs) are essential members of the healthcare team, the aim of this study is to determine Saudi PT’s (students and graduates) perception of their occupational prestige and satisfaction with their career choice. Methods. A cross-sectional, mixed-method study was employed. Practicing PTs and PT students were recruited to fill out a self-administered questionnaire to rank nine different professions (including PT) across different dimensions. Further, participants reported on their job satisfaction and participated in a semistructured interview regarding their responses. Results. A total of 175 individuals participated in this study. The physical therapy profession was rated 6th on level of education, last (9th) on level of income and level of social standing, 5th on level of responsibility, and 3rd on level of usefulness. In the overall occupational prestige, the physical therapy profession was ranked the lowest compared to the other professions. Lastly, the data from the semistructured interviews corroborated the findings identified from the quantitative aspect of our study. Discussion. The overall results of the study indicate that the current perceived level of occupational prestige among Saudi PTs and PT students is somewhat disappointing. Participants generally viewed their profession in a low occupational prestige status, which is in contrast to previous studies conducted in other countries. While some of these results can be explained by the nature and history of the profession in Saudi Arabia, Academic institutions and policy makers should make an effort to promote the occupational prestige of the physical therapy profession.