The economics of labor force participation / by William G. Bowen and T. Aldrich Finegan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowen, William G., author.

Finegan, Thomas Aldrich, 1929- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--United States.

Labor supply.

Unemployed--United States.

Unemployed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (924 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1969.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This comprehensive and detailed analysis of the factors that determine who is in the labor force in the United States is equally interesting for the light it sheds on what people are not working or seeking work-and why they are not. The effects on labor force participation rates of both individual characteristics (e.g. age, marital status, color, educational attainment) and labor market conditions (unemployment, earnings, industry mix) are analyzed for specific population groups: prime-age males, single women, married women, older persons, and younger persons. The book concludes with a discussion of the sensitivity of participation rates to the tightness of labor markets as revealed by both time-series and cross-sectional analyses.Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Part I. Framework of the Study

CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Scope, Organization, and the Labor Force Concept

CHAPTER 2. The Conceptual Framework and Method of Analysis

Part II. Explaining Labor Force Participation

CHAPTER 3. Prime-Age Males: Individual Characteristics

CHAPTER 4. Prime-Age Males: Labor Market Conditions

CHAPTER 5. Married Women: Individual Characteristics

CHAPTER 6. Married Women: Labor Market Conditions

CHAPTER 7. Trends in the Participation of Married Women

CHAPTER 8. Single Women 25-54

CHAPTER 9. Older Persons: Individual Characteristics

CHAPTER 10. Older Persons: Labor Market Conditions

CHAPTER 11. Trends in the Participation of Older Persons

CHAPTER 12. Younger Persons: Individual Characteristics

CHAPTER 13. Younger Persons: Labor Market Conditions

CHAPTER 14. Younger Males: Trends in Participation, Enrollment, and Activity Rates

Part III. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation

CHAPTER 15. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Cross-Sectional Relations

CHAPTER 16. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Time-Series Relations

CHAPTER 17. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Some Evidence from the 1963-1967 Boom

Chapter Appendices

General Appendices

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691621760

0691621764

9781400874774

1400874777

OCLC:

966767930