Elaine Mccrate
Biographic Data
| ID | 237373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine Mccrate |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccrate |
| SIGNATURE | MCCRATE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability
652 Feminist Studies 47, no. 3. © 2021 by Feminist Studies, Inc. Elaine McCrate Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability Time and place are the coordinates of social life. We work with others or enjoy their company at specific moments and locations. As such, the instrumental value of one person's time often depends on its configuration with respect to others: using time to get income or pleasure often depends not on…
Flexibility for Whom? Control over Work Schedule Variability in the US
According to the May Work Schedules and Work at Home Supplement of the Current Population Survey in 1997, 2001, and 2004, the proportion of employees in the United States with variable starting and/or stopping times who do not control their schedules has increased rapidly since the late 1990s. This category included one out of nine civilian employees ages 18–65 in 2004. These jobs have increased rapidly within industries and occupations. The incu…
Flexible Hours, Workplace Authority, and Compensating Wage Differentials in the US
The theory of compensating differentials suggests that workers with flexible schedules will earn less than other workers. Some authors have also contended that the concentration of women in jobs with flexible hours explains a significant part of the gender pay gap. This paper uses data from the US subset of the Comparative Project in Class Analysis to test these hypotheses. These data first indicate that, contrary to popular wisdom, women workers…
When Work Doesn't Work
Mandatory workfare has been the centerpiece of welfare reform in this decade. In 1992-94, there was a pitched legislative battle over mandatory workfare in Vermont. Feminist organizations mobilized to oppose the mandatory work requirement, producing data to substantiate the claims that women's jobs did not pay enough to purchase basic needs for their families, that unemployment remained a serious problem for single mothers, and that in states whe…
Welfare and Women's Earnings
Accounting for the Stowdown in the Divorce Rate in the 1980s
The impact of womens increased economic independence on the recent slowdown in the divorce rate in the United States is examined. In this paper I contend that some aspects of the economic independence perspective are still salient for the (I will also refer to this line of argument as the bargaining perspective.)....The paper begins with an overview of bargaining theories and their implications for divorce. It then identifies relevant economic va…
Labor Market Segmentation and Relative Black/White Teenage Birth Rates
Teenage mothers typically have lower educational attainment than other women. Most observers have argued that this is a major reason for their greater risk of poverty. This article takes the opposite view: that circumstances associated with poverty contribute to a greater likelihood of teenage childbearing. In particular, poor educational quality and the chances of secondary sector employment are more common for black women, regardless of their a…
How We Live
"Comment on Ferber's "Women and Work
Flexible Hours, Workplace Authority, and Compensating Wage Differentials in the US
The theory of compensating differentials suggests that workers with flexible schedules will earn less than other workers. Some authors have also contended that the concentration of women in jobs with flexible hours explains a significant part of the gender pay gap. This paper uses data from the US subset of the Comparative Project in Class Analysis to test these hypotheses. These data first indicate that, contrary to popular wisdom, women workers…
Flexibility for Whom? Control over Work Schedule Variability in the US
According to the May Work Schedules and Work at Home Supplement of the Current Population Survey in 1997, 2001, and 2004, the proportion of employees in the United States with variable starting and/or stopping times who do not control their schedules has increased rapidly since the late 1990s. This category included one out of nine civilian employees ages 18–65 in 2004. These jobs have increased rapidly within industries and occupations. The incu…
Welfare and Women's Earnings
When Work Doesn't Work
Mandatory workfare has been the centerpiece of welfare reform in this decade. In 1992-94, there was a pitched legislative battle over mandatory workfare in Vermont. Feminist organizations mobilized to oppose the mandatory work requirement, producing data to substantiate the claims that women's jobs did not pay enough to purchase basic needs for their families, that unemployment remained a serious problem for single mothers, and that in states whe…
Accounting for the Stowdown in the Divorce Rate in the 1980s
The impact of womens increased economic independence on the recent slowdown in the divorce rate in the United States is examined. In this paper I contend that some aspects of the economic independence perspective are still salient for the (I will also refer to this line of argument as the bargaining perspective.)....The paper begins with an overview of bargaining theories and their implications for divorce. It then identifies relevant economic va…
Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability
652 Feminist Studies 47, no. 3. © 2021 by Feminist Studies, Inc. Elaine McCrate Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability Time and place are the coordinates of social life. We work with others or enjoy their company at specific moments and locations. As such, the instrumental value of one person's time often depends on its configuration with respect to others: using time to get income or pleasure often depends not on…
Labor Market Segmentation and Relative Black/White Teenage Birth Rates
Teenage mothers typically have lower educational attainment than other women. Most observers have argued that this is a major reason for their greater risk of poverty. This article takes the opposite view: that circumstances associated with poverty contribute to a greater likelihood of teenage childbearing. In particular, poor educational quality and the chances of secondary sector employment are more common for black women, regardless of their a…
"Comment on Ferber's "Women and Work
"Comment on Ferber's "Women and Work
How We Live
Labor Market Segmentation and Relative Black/White Teenage Birth Rates
Teenage mothers typically have lower educational attainment than other women. Most observers have argued that this is a major reason for their greater risk of poverty. This article takes the opposite view: that circumstances associated with poverty contribute to a greater likelihood of teenage childbearing. In particular, poor educational quality and the chances of secondary sector employment are more common for black women, regardless of their a…
Accounting for the Stowdown in the Divorce Rate in the 1980s
The impact of womens increased economic independence on the recent slowdown in the divorce rate in the United States is examined. In this paper I contend that some aspects of the economic independence perspective are still salient for the (I will also refer to this line of argument as the bargaining perspective.)....The paper begins with an overview of bargaining theories and their implications for divorce. It then identifies relevant economic va…
Welfare and Women's Earnings
When Work Doesn't Work
Mandatory workfare has been the centerpiece of welfare reform in this decade. In 1992-94, there was a pitched legislative battle over mandatory workfare in Vermont. Feminist organizations mobilized to oppose the mandatory work requirement, producing data to substantiate the claims that women's jobs did not pay enough to purchase basic needs for their families, that unemployment remained a serious problem for single mothers, and that in states whe…
Flexible Hours, Workplace Authority, and Compensating Wage Differentials in the US
The theory of compensating differentials suggests that workers with flexible schedules will earn less than other workers. Some authors have also contended that the concentration of women in jobs with flexible hours explains a significant part of the gender pay gap. This paper uses data from the US subset of the Comparative Project in Class Analysis to test these hypotheses. These data first indicate that, contrary to popular wisdom, women workers…
Flexibility for Whom? Control over Work Schedule Variability in the US
According to the May Work Schedules and Work at Home Supplement of the Current Population Survey in 1997, 2001, and 2004, the proportion of employees in the United States with variable starting and/or stopping times who do not control their schedules has increased rapidly since the late 1990s. This category included one out of nine civilian employees ages 18–65 in 2004. These jobs have increased rapidly within industries and occupations. The incu…
Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability
652 Feminist Studies 47, no. 3. © 2021 by Feminist Studies, Inc. Elaine McCrate Contemporary American Capitalism, Gender, and Work Schedule Instability Time and place are the coordinates of social life. We work with others or enjoy their company at specific moments and locations. As such, the instrumental value of one person's time often depends on its configuration with respect to others: using time to get income or pleasure often depends not on…
Economics (7 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works)