International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 7 Issue 4

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF FAMILY STATUS ON UNDEREMPLOYMENT

Jan E. Mutchler

Family status is often regarded as an important factor determining female labor force participation as well as outcomes of that participation such as wages and occupational…

SOCIALIZATION OF EMPLOYERS' COSTS DURING ECONOMIC RECESSIONS: THE USE OF SHARED WORK UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TO KEEP SKILLED WORKERS

John C. Lammers

In the late 1970s underemployment as a result of recession began to receive attention with several states in the USA legislating for reduced hours compensation. This article…

JOB DISPLACEMENT AMONG MEN AND WOMEN: THE CRISIS OF UNDER‐EMPLOYMENT:

Ellen I. Rosen

Data from a recent study on unemployed women are compared with data on unemployed men. Differences in men's and women's work and family roles, and in their labour opportunities…

A POPULATION ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVE ON UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

Udo Staber, Ho‐ward Aldrich

Labor market studies which focus on dichotomous categories such as employed and unemployed miss a variety of marginal employment situations. This article addre‐sses the recent…

ESTIMATING LABOR ABSORPTION WITH PUBLISHED DATA

Teresa A. Sullivan

Large population cohorts will need to be productively absorbed into the work force in coming years in order to provide for their old age. Appropriate data and techniques for…

PATTERNS OF LABOR ABSORPTION BY OCCUPATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Eric M. Larson

National population census data were used to analyse patterns of labour absorption by occupation at the national level: by sex and five‐year group, and by urban and rural zones…

PEASANT DISPLACEMENT AND LABOR UNDERUTILIZATION IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

Mehdi Haghshenas

This article has two inter‐related themes. First there is the process of displacement of labour from the subsistence or peasant sector through the impact of mechanisation ‐ which…

UNDEREMPLOYMENT, GENDER, AND LIFE COURSE: WOMEN ATTORNEYS AND COPING STRATEGIES FOR PARENTHOOD

Teresa Donati Marciano

This article focuses on a group of women attorneys launched on careers that are interrupted for shorter or longer periods by the birth of children. Small samples are used for…

UNDERUTILIZATION IN THE U.S. MANUFACTURING SECTOR, 1960 TO 1970

Peter Cattan

The study reported here sought to provide a type of analysis more detailed than aggregate investigations but more generalisable than case studies. The extent to which upgrading…