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The social costs of underemployment : inadequate employment as disguised unemployment /

Comparing the effects of unemployment and inadequate employment relative to adequate employment, this text studies their effects on self-esteem, alcohol abuse, depression, and birth weight. Using longitudinal methods, it measures controls for reverse causation (selection) and studies a large represe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dooley, David
Otros Autores: Prause, JoAnn, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY USA : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Disguised unemployment and changing forms of work
  • 2. The social costs of unemployment
  • 3. Data sources and methods
  • 4. Reverse causation : findings on the selection hypothesis
  • 5. Leaving school : self-esteem in an unwelcoming economy
  • 6. Early adulthood : alcohol misuse and underemployment
  • 7. Settling down : psychological depression and underemployment
  • 8. Extending the employment continuum : well-being in welfare transitions
  • 9. The next generation : underemployment and birthweight
  • 10. Conclusions
  • 11. New directions
  • appendix A. Description of NLSY sample at selected survey years
  • appendix B. Alcohol variable by survey year : NLSY79
  • References
  • Name index
  • Subject index.