Jane H. Lillydahl

Academic Achievement and Part-Time Employment of High School Students

Two-stage least squares estimation is used to show that modest levels of part-time employment by high school students may not interfere with student academic performance.

An Empirical Analysis of the Commute to Work Patterns of Males and Females in Two-Earner Households

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the proposition that residential decisions are made with reference to the male head of households job location, disadvantaging females in the labor market. A sample of approximately 50,000 adults in two-earner households in urban areas distributed across the United States is selected from public use microdata from the 1980 census and used to estimate a simultaneous model to explain commute to work behavior of men and women. The model is estimated separately for households that did and did not change residences in the past year. The impacts of the new residences on the commute times of both male and female workers, holding other variables constant, are compared. We conclude that residential selection does favor males relative to females, although there is evidence that this advantage is eliminated as the ratio of female to male earnings in the same household narrows.

Will Changing Times Change the Allocation of Faculty Time

This paper examines faculty time allocation decisions that are fundamental to the functioning of a university. A random-utility approach yields a grouped-data, multinomial logit model and predicts that time allocation decisions depend systematically on both personal and institutional attributes. The empirical results for a random sample of U.S. arts and sciences faculty indicate that structural differences between universities with different research orientations account for most of the significant differences in faculty time allocations. Faculty characteristics reinforce institutional missions, however, and thus condition university policies for change (for example, attempts to mandate greater time to teaching in research universities).

The Need for a Standard State Impact Fee Enabling Act

Abstract Communities across the nation have received varying degrees of legislative and judicial guidance in the use of development impact fees. The types of guidance range from general, liberal legislation in California, to more rigid judicial and legislative guidelines in Florida, to indirect statutory and unpredictable judicial authorization in Oregon, to vague judicial and little statutory guidance in Colorado. We argue that the use of impact fees in all states can be greatly advanced if a standard impact fee enabling act in the tradition of the familiar standard planning and zoning enabling acts were made available to state legislatures. State legislatures could then adapt the principles of such an act to their particular situations. We offer an outline of such a model act.

Women and Traditionally Male Blue-Collar Jobs

This article focuses on female employment preferences and summarizes the results of a questionnaire distributed to a sample of nonmetropolitan men and women. Although differences in mens and womens employment preferences do exist, a sizable percentage of nonmetropolitan women indicate an interest in traditionally male, blue-collar jobs. In addition, women who hold or have held traditionally male jobs generally have positive comments about their experience.

Compression in faculty salaries: An empirical evaluation of merit and market based adjustments

Abstract This article examines the nature and effects of the compression of faculty salaries in higher education. A behavioral model of faculty performance and compensation is developed. The model is then tested using data from a major American university. Problems of equity and efficiency are identified and policy recommendations are offered.