Multiple jobholding over the past two decades

Lalé, Étienne

doi:10.21916/mlr.2015.7

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“…Second, search frictions explain little of the differences in multiple jobholding over time and across space. Search frictions are nevertheless important to draw inferences about the levels and changes in the 28 Lalé [2015] documents that workers whose primary industry of employment is in mining, construction, manufacturing, or transportation, are significantly less likely to hold a second job. However, the decline in multiple jobholding occurs within industries, so that composition effects coming from the changing structure of employment cannot explain the trend in aggregate data.…”

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Search and Multiple Jobholding

Lalé

2019

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A search-theoretic model of the labor market with idiosyncratic fluctuations in hours worked, search both off-and on-the-job, and multiple jobholding is developed. Taking on a second job entails a commitment to hold onto the primary employer, enabling the worker to use the primary job as her outside option to bargain with the secondary employer. The model performs well at explaining multiple jobholding inflows and outflows, and it is informative for understanding the secular decline in multiple jobholding. While some worry that this decline heralds a less-flexible labor market, the model reveals that it has contributed to reducing search frictions. JEL Classification Codes: E24, J21, J62

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Search and Multiple Jobholding

Lalé

2019

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“…Few existing studies explicitly explore the relationships between multiple job holding and household work. Recent data showed that at any point about 5% of the U.S. employed population holds more than one job (Lalé, 2015). Lower-wage workers and women are more likely to hold multiple jobs (Dickey, Watson, & Zangelidis, 2011;Kimmel & Conway, 2001;Lalé, 2015).…”

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“…Recent data showed that at any point about 5% of the U.S. employed population holds more than one job (Lalé, 2015). Lower-wage workers and women are more likely to hold multiple jobs (Dickey, Watson, & Zangelidis, 2011;Kimmel & Conway, 2001;Lalé, 2015). Studies of multiple job holding generally draw on economic labor supply theory to advance two primary motivations for taking on a second job: (a) if hours constraints on the primary job lead to insufficient earnings or (b) if the second job offers some nonwage benefit the primary job lacks, which could include a work schedule that is more compatible with household responsibilities (Averett, 2001;Dickey et al, 2011;Kimmel & Conway, 2001).…”

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Enough Time for Housework? Low‐Wage Work and Desired Housework Time Adjustments

Stanczyk

Henly

Lambert

2016

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Although studies examine preferences for hours spent in paid employment, little attention has been given to preferences for hours spent in unpaid household labor. This study examines the extent to which women working in low‐paid retail jobs would prefer to spend more or less time on household work and how alignment between preferred and actual time on housework is related to characteristics of paid work. Using original survey data and company records on a sample of women working at a U.S. retail firm (N = 277), the authors found that mismatch between preferred and actual time on household work was common. Roughly 42% wanted more time on household work and 18% wanted less. Working multiple jobs, work schedule unpredictability, and nonstandard work timing contributed to wanting more time on housework. Findings add to understanding of how low‐wage, precarious employment shapes workers' ability to attend to necessary tasks of household management.

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“…For MIS 2-4 and 6-8, most surveys are conducted over the phone rather than in person. 2 For references to the larger literature on multiple job holding, see Lalé (2015) and Hirsch, Husain, and Winters (2016). 3 The unemployment rate is of course a more important measure of economic performance than is the MJH rate.…”

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“…Although we find evidence of severe rotation group bias in multiple job holding, we cannot know whether reports in MIS 4 An important implication of rotation group bias and declines in MJH or unemployment reporting by month-in-sample is that transitions out of (into) MJH or unemployment are overstated (understated). Lalé (2015) …”

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Rotation Group Bias in Measures of Multiple Job Holding

Hirsch

Winters

2016

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Multiple jobholding over the past two decades

Cited by 27 publications

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Search and Multiple Jobholding

Search and Multiple Jobholding

Enough Time for Housework? Low‐Wage Work and Desired Housework Time Adjustments

Rotation Group Bias in Measures of Multiple Job Holding

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