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Why is Involuntary Part-Time Work Elevated?

FEDS Notes, 2014
Despite substantial improvement in the unemployment rate and several other labor market indicators, the number of Americans involuntarily working part time (also called "part-time for economic reasons") remains unusually high nearly five years into the recovery. In this note, we focus on two questions: 1.
Christopher J. Nekarda, Tomaz Cajner, Dennis Mawhirter, David Ratner   +3 more
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Cyclical and structural determinants of involuntary part-time employment in Turkey

Applied Economics Letters, 2021
We examine the correlates of involuntary part-time employment in Turkey. We contribute to previous studies regarding Turkey on two aspects.
ERİŞ DERELİ, BİLGE, DÜZGÜN ÖNCEL, BURCU   +1 more
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Are “Involuntary” Part-Time Workers Indeed Involuntary?

ILR Review, 1996
Theoretically, those classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as involuntary part-time workers are individuals who would like to work full-time but have been unable to obtain full-time employment. To empirically test the accuracy of that definition, the author employs simple probit models of employment preferences and employment opportunities ...
Leslie S Stratton
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The rise in involuntary part-time employment in Israel

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2006
Abstract The number of involuntary part-time workers in Israel's labor force increased by over 700% during the years 1979–1999, while the number of full-time workers (and the size of the labor force) increased by less than 100% during this period. The paper aims at understanding this rise.
Yinon Cohen, Haya Stier
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Involuntary part-time employment

Economics Letters, 1991
Abstract The involuntary part-time employment of those whose usual status is part-time (full-time) has risen by 5.0% (no change) per year relative to population and is found to rise by 15.3% (17.9%) for each percentage point rise in the rate of long-term (short-term) unemployment.
Ronald A Ratti
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Part-Time Work and Involuntary Part-Time Work in the Private Service Sector in Finland

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2008
This article deals with part-time work and involuntary part-time work in four private service sectors in Finland from the employee's perspective and examining the employers' reasons for using part-time work. According to statistical analyses, women, young people and low-skilled workers have a greater probability of working as part-timers. Temporary and
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The growth in involuntary part-time employment of men and women

Applied Economics, 1988
This study presents an economic model that explains the growth in involuntary part-time employment. The results of three-stage least squares estimation show that for men and women, similar factors have influenced involuntary part-time employment. Its growth has been encouraged by downturns in the business cycle and expansion of the service sector ...
Karen Leppel, Suzanne Heller Clain
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The Labor Demand Side of Involuntary Part-Time Employment

Research in Labor Economics
Abstract Involuntary part-time employment is a measure of labor market slack that goes beyond the unemployment rate, and broadens our understanding of the state of the labor market. Our study investigates the determinants of the involuntary part-time employment share (i.e., the proportion of involuntary part-time workers in all ...
Hyeri Choi, Ioana Marinescu
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Correlates of Voluntary vs. Involuntary Part-time Employment among US Women

Gender, Work and Organization, 2001
This article presents a study of the extent to which type and duration of labour force attachment add to the explanatory power of psychological, demographic, and family household characteristics to predict voluntary (n=166) vs. involuntary part‐time (n=160) employment of women in the United States.
Richard K Caputo
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Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work

Sociological Perspectives, 2020
Gender inequality in the labor market is a key focus of stratification research. Increasingly, variation in hours worked separates men and women’s employment experiences. Though women often voluntarily work part-time at higher rates than men, involuntary part-time work is both analytically distinct from voluntary part-time work and leaves workers ...
Corey Pech, Elizabeth Klainot-Hess, Davon Norris   +2 more
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