Social Costs of Underemployment - Inadequate Employment As Disguised Unemployment

Klappentext This 2004 book compares the effects of unemployment and inadequate employment relative to adequate employment. Zusammenfassung This 2004 book compares the effects of two different kinds of underemployment - unemployment and inadequate employment relative to adequate employment. It studies these effects on self-esteem! alcohol abuse! depression! and! in cross-generational analysis! birth weight. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Disguised unemployment and changing forms of work; 2. The social costs of unemployment; 3. Data source 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 birth weight; 10. Conclusions; 11. New directions; Appendices; References; Name index; Subject index.

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• Authors: David Dooley, David (University of California Dooley, David Prause Dooley, Dooley David, Joann Prause, JoAnn (University of California Prause, Prause JoAnn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521115650
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11565-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Poverty & unemployment, Labour / income economics, Poverty and precarity, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment & Unemployment