The State of Working America

Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared; Schmitt, John

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“…These trends continued during the 1980s (DiPrete 1993;Mishel and Frankel 1991), during which time rural labor markets became more fragmented than urban labor markets, with fewer jobs available in better paying industries (Bloomquist 1990). The rural economic growth of the 1980s was centered in low-skill industries (Lichter 1989), and rural women continued to earn less than their urban counterparts (McLaughlin and Perman 1991).…”

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On the Fringe: Family-Friendly Benefits and the Rural–Urban Gap Among Working Women

Glauber

Young

2014

J Fam Econ Iss

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This study drew on longitudinal, nationally representative data to estimate rural-urban inequality in women's access to family-friendly benefits. Multivariate fixed effects regression models showed that compared to urban women, rural women's odds of reporting access were 11 % lower for flexible work scheduling, 24 % lower for job-protected maternity leave, 13 % lower for paid sick time, 21 % lower for vacation time, and 20 % lower for health insurance. The rural-urban gap in sick time was explained by differences in unionization, as rural women were less likely to be unionized than urban women. Our findings suggest that rural women's work-family experiences may be more constrained than urban women's workfamily experiences.Keywords Family-friendly benefits Á Rural Á Urban Á Women Á Workplace issuesThe past four decades have ushered in dramatic changes in women's family and work experiences. In 1968 just over 20 % of women with infants worked for pay. By 2008 more than half of all women with infants worked for pay, and more than 70 % of all women with children under

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Section: Rural-urban Economic Disparitiesmentioning

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On the Fringe: Family-Friendly Benefits and the Rural–Urban Gap Among Working Women

Glauber

Young

2014

J Fam Econ Iss

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“…It is widely believed that young adults need education beyond high school to acquire these skills (Casner-Lotto and Barrington 2006), raising the stakes on high school completion and placing outsized importance on institutions of higher education for teaching these skills. While a college degree is fast becoming the minimum qualification for many adequately paid, entrylevel jobs (Mishel et al 2012), it remains unclear whether institutions of higher education adequately prepare young adults with the necessary job skills and whether the burdensome debt needed to afford a college degree supersedes the potential harms to their long-term financial health (Elliott and Lewis 2015). In other words, today's young adults are expected to borrow heavily and potentially jeopardize their future ability to accumulate wealth to acquire the requisite skills for success in today's global labor market.…”

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“…The effects of institutionalized racism and discrimination are evident in the median amounts of net worth accumulated by racial and ethnic minorities when compared to whites. For example, black and Latino/a households accumulated median net worth wealth values of $4900 and $1300 in 2010, respectively, compared to the median of $97,000 accumulated by their white counterparts (Mishel et al 2012). …”

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“…In other words, these young adults had accumulated median net worth that was about the value of an inexpensive new car, a year's tuition at a state institution of higher education, or a modest down payment on a home. By comparison, the median net worth for households headed by all adults over age 18 was $57,000 in 2010-eight times the median amount of net worth accumulated by young adults (Mishel et al 2012). Young adults may eventually accumulate wealth as they get older , and with it, a greater probability of becoming entrepreneurs (Fairlie and Krashinsky 2012;Hurst and Lusardi 2004).…”

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Young Adults’ Race, Wealth, and Entrepreneurship

Friedline

West

2016

Race Soc Probl

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This study explored relationships among young adults' wealth and entrepreneurial activities with emphasis on how these relationships differed among racial and ethnic groups. Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, results indicated that young adults' (N = 8984) higher accumulated amounts of wealth were associated with pursuing self-employment at higher rates; however, differences emerged when the associations were explored with various types of wealth and within racial and ethnic groups. Black young adults' greater debt and net worth were associated with their increased likelihoods of self-employment. Among Latino/a young adults, greater liquid assets and net worth were associated with increased likelihoods of self-employment. Wealth was unrelated to white young adults' self-employment. Wealth appeared to play an outsized role in the self-employment of black and Latino/a young adults compared to that of their white counterparts. In other words, racial and ethnic minority young adults may have a heavier burden for generating their own capital to embark on entrepreneurial activities when mainstream credit markets are unresponsive or inaccessible. Policy implications are discussed.

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“…For a fuller analysis of workers' health-insurance coverage from all sources, seeRho and Schmitt (2010) and.8 For a review of developments over the last three decades in retirement plans in the private sector, seeMishel et al (2012).Rev Black Polit Econ (2016) 43:1-19…”

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Trends in Job Quality for African-American Workers, 1979–2011

Jones

Schmitt

2016

The Review of Black Political Economy

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Economists expect that increases in education and work experience will increase workers' productivity and translate into higher compensation. We use data from the March Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that over the past four decades, the Bhuman capital^of the employed black workforce has increased enormously, yet the share of black workers in a Bgood job^-one that pays at least $19 per hour (in inflation-adjusted 2011 dollars), has employer-provided health insurance, and an employer-sponsored retirement plan-has actually declined. The CPS data show that black women saw a modest increase in access to Bgood jobs,^but the share of black men in good jobs decreased. Despite improvements for black women, they were consistently less likely to be in a good job than black men in every year in our sample. Black workers at every age and education level were also less likely to be in a good job in 2011 than they were in 1979. IntroductionEconomists expect that increases in education and work experience will increase workers' productivity and translate into higher compensation. Over the past three decades, the educational attainment of the employed black workforce has increased enormously. In 1979, nearly one-third (31.6 %) of black workers had less than a high school degree and only about one in ten (10.4 %) had a 4-year college degree or more. By 2011, only one in twenty (5.3 %) had not completed high school and more than one-

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The State of Working America

Cited by 118 publications

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On the Fringe: Family-Friendly Benefits and the Rural–Urban Gap Among Working Women

On the Fringe: Family-Friendly Benefits and the Rural–Urban Gap Among Working Women

Young Adults’ Race, Wealth, and Entrepreneurship

Trends in Job Quality for African-American Workers, 1979–2011

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