The Economics of Labor Force Participation / / T. Aldrich Finegan, William G. Bowen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Bowen, William G.,; Finegan, T. Aldrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2054
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (924 p.)

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.

Table of 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