Job Loss, the Family, and Public Policy

Root, Kenneth A.

doi:10.1300/j002v39n01_02

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“…Yet these types of institutionalized arrangements can have major impacts on resilience to job loss (Gangl, 2006;Kochan, 2006;Root, 2006). Yet these types of institutionalized arrangements can have major impacts on resilience to job loss (Gangl, 2006;Kochan, 2006;Root, 2006).…”

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“…In comparison with most other economic powers, the United States provides scant support in the wake of job loss from either employers (in terms of severance pay) or the government (in terms of unemployment compensation or support for retraining). Yet these types of institutionalized arrangements can have major impacts on resilience to job loss (Gangl, 2006;Kochan, 2006;Root, 2006). Given the challenge of finding suitable replacement work, so long as workers need to plan careers under these types of conditions, many will not be able to develop viable plans for adjustment to job loss.…”

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Dual Earners Preparing for Job Loss

Sweet

Moen

2011

Work and Occupations

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We draw on a two-wave panel survey and a third wave of in-depth interviews to study how 78 dual-earner couples prepared for job loss and the implications of preparation for resilience. We find personal and social resources predict preparation: those displaced workers who prepared had higher energy and higher incomes prior to job loss and also worked for employers who provided advance notification. Couples' egalitarian career strategies are associated with lower levels of preparation as well as limited options in the face of displacement. Less preparation is associated with less favorable career adjustments following job loss as well as more severe health and emotional challenges.

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Dual Earners Preparing for Job Loss

Sweet

Moen

2011

Work and Occupations

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“…The extant literature demonstrates the benefits associated with intervention programs for displaced workers (Root 2006). For example, there is evidence that community college retraining programs minimize long-term wage losses at the individual and household levels regardless of age (Jacobson, LaLonde and Sullivan 2005).…”

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“…Unfortunately, there remains relatively little research on the actual process of displacement itself, particularly as it relates to the lived experiences of workers and their families as they go through the displacement process (Beeghley 2007;Koeber 2002;Smith 1997;Uchitelle 2006). What little research does exist shows that the affected families and communities experience long-term and profound economic disruptions (Hironimus- Wendt and Spannaus 2007;Jacobson, LaLonde and Sullivan 1993;Root 2006). Examination of the experiences of people as they negotiate the unemployment process is valuable to policy makers concerned with improving the delivery of retraining services, as well as to workers who will have to negotiate displacement in the future.…”

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The Human Costs of Worker Displacement

Hironimus-Wendt

2008

Humanity & Society

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This study addresses the personal and familial consequences associated with the worker displacement that followed the closing of the Bridegstone/Firestone tire production plant in Decatur, Illinois, in December of 2001. A series of three surveys were sent to the last known addresses of all former Firestone workers. The first was sent immediately after the closure of the Decatur plant; the others went out six months and one year later. The surveys solicited job search information as well as personal and familial costs associated with the plant closing. Focus group interviews were held throughout the year and provided a rich context for the survey data. The results of this two-pronged approach reveal the human costs faced by displaced workers. I argue that economic development plans need to prioritize enhancing worker productivity through ongoing training programs and prioritize direct assistance of displaced and dislocated workers and their families. I conclude with recommendations about how to diminish the burdens on displaced workers.

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Robinson²

2013

Treating Worker Dissatisfaction During Economic Change

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Job Loss, the Family, and Public Policy

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Dual Earners Preparing for Job Loss

Dual Earners Preparing for Job Loss

The Human Costs of Worker Displacement

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