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The Economics of Labor Force Participation

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ID23256343
AuthorsWilliam G Bowen, T Aldrich Finegan
Year1969
Pages924
Publication date1969-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEconomics of Labor Force Participation (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781400874774
OpenAlexW4302159846
Open LibraryOL29294677M
ISBN9781400874774
LanguageEN
Citations received309

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.

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Marital status · Political science · Population · Sociology · Unemployment · Accounting · Demography · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Labor supply

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Unique citing works221
Citations per year5,62
Citation span1971 - 2025 (55)
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