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Book Synopsis
This book addresses two principal issues: how can we measure underemployment, and how can we explain its prevalence?

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Approaching Labor Underutilization and Labor Marginality
  • 2. Who Are the Marginal Workers?
  • 3. How Do You Measure Underutilization?
  • 4. Data, Methods, and Time Effects
  • 5. The Idiosyncrasy Hypothesis: Employment of the Disabled
  • 6. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Age
  • 7. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Race and Sex
  • 8. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Interactions
  • 9. The Achievement Hypothesis: Effects of Training
  • 10. The Structural Hypothesis: Marginal Jobs
  • 11. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Appendices
    • A. Data Adequacy and Methods
    • B. Measuring Involuntary Part-time Employment
    • C. Measuring Underutilization by Level of Income
    • D. Measuring Mismatch
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/1978
      ISBN13: 9780292750555, 978-0292750555
      ISBN10: 0292750552
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book addresses two principal issues: how can we measure underemployment, and how can we explain its prevalence?

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • Preface
      • 1. Approaching Labor Underutilization and Labor Marginality
      • 2. Who Are the Marginal Workers?
      • 3. How Do You Measure Underutilization?
      • 4. Data, Methods, and Time Effects
      • 5. The Idiosyncrasy Hypothesis: Employment of the Disabled
      • 6. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Age
      • 7. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Race and Sex
      • 8. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Interactions
      • 9. The Achievement Hypothesis: Effects of Training
      • 10. The Structural Hypothesis: Marginal Jobs
      • 11. Conclusions and Recommendations
      • Appendices
        • A. Data Adequacy and Methods
        • B. Measuring Involuntary Part-time Employment
        • C. Measuring Underutilization by Level of Income
        • D. Measuring Mismatch
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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