N Lewin-Epstein
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2794 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | N Lewin-Epstein |
| NOMBRES | N |
| APELLIDO | Lewin-Epstein |
| FIRMA | LEWIN-EPSTEIN N |
| AFILIACIONES | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7679-7154 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 69 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 790 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 69 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1979 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 17 |
The Meaning of Success
A growing body of research examines discrimination within racialized organizations, but much less attention has been given to workers' reactions to such experiences. We offer an identity-based theory for understanding varied career reactions to discrimination and apply it to minority professionals within the Israeli pharmaceutical retail industry. We analyze 116 interviews with Arab-Israeli and Jewish pharmacists to explore the experience of excl…
Ambivalent Bias at Work
Managerial bias is a major source of workplace inequality and a central target of employer diversity efforts, yet we know little about the content of stereotypes and where they prevail. Stereotypes can be ambivalent, mixing negative and positive dimensions. Ambivalent stereotypes can rationalize discriminatory decision-making but they may also be more amenable to change. This article examines the prevalence of wholly negative and ambivalent age-b…
Becoming Sandwiched in Later Life
Results from the between-individuals part of the model indicate that there is a selection into social sandwiching of more healthy individuals into support roles. However, the within-individuals part of the model indicates that the transition into social sandwiching has a detrimental effect on women's (but not men's) psychological health and well-being. The explanations for this gendered effect of social sandwiching may be found in the "invisible"…
The Older Sandwich Generation Across European Welfare Regimes
How do employers think about older workers
Purpose Higher pensionable age in many countries that are part of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and a shrinking pension income force older people to postpone their retirement. Yet, age-based discrimination in employers' decisions is a significant barrier to their employment. Hence, this paper aims to explore employers' attitudes regarding the employment of workers aged 60–70, striving for a better understanding of …
The Wealth Gap between Ageing Immigrants and Native-Born in Ten European Countries
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe from 10 European countries, this study contributes to the research on immigrants' economic incorporation by focusing on the nativity wealth gaps in mid and late life. Three origin groups of immigrants were distinguished: non-European, post-communist, and West, Central, and South European countries. We estimated the size of the wealth gap between each immigrant population and na…
Homeownership regimes and class inequality among young adults
In this study, we merge the literature on homeownership regimes, which focuses to a lesser extent on the consequences of wealth and social inequality, with the literature on wealth and social stratification, which overlooks the importance of homeownership regimes in contributing to those inequalities. Within this framework, we examine to what extent homeownership regimes shape class inequality in homeownership among young adults and the mortgage …
Intergenerational Support of Older Adults by the ‘Mature’ Sandwich Generation
In this article we examine the association between national welfare regime and the propensity of middle–aged and older individuals with adult children of their own to provide social support to aged parents. Using data from mature adults (50+) in 26 European countries, we examine whether older and younger generations compete for the time resources of the middle “sandwiched” generation, and whether national policy context shapes this competition. C…
Transitions in Giving and Receiving Intergenerational Financial Support in Middle and Old Age
Mizrahi-Ashkenazi educational gaps in the third generation
The Arab Minority in Israel's Economy
The Arab Minority in Israel's Economy considers the Arab population as an integral, albeit disadvantaged, part of Israeli society. Using data from a thirty-year period, the book looks at Arab participation in the economy, especially in the labor market, showing how significant socioeconomic inequality persists despite a fundamental tenet of Israel's declaration of independence asserting equality of political and social rights of all its citizens.…
Ethnic origin and identity in the Jewish population of Israel
The paper addresses the multifaceted quality of ethnicity in the Jewish population of Israel by probing into the ethnic categories and their subjective meaning. The analyses utilise data collected during 2015–2016 on a representative sample of Israelis age 15 and older, as part of the seventh and eighth rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS). Hypotheses are developed concerning the relationship between demographically based ethnic origin and …
Institutional change and women’s work patterns along the family life course
Emotional Integration across Immigrant Generations in Baden‐Württemberg, Germany
Immigrants’ integration is a multi‐faceted process, involving structural, cultural, social, and emotional dimensions. This study focuses on the emotional dimension of integration, investigating immigrants’ emotional attachments to their national origin and their host country. Specifically, we ask what role perceived discrimination plays in shaping identification preferences among immigrants and immigrant descendants in Germany. The contribution o…
Household debt in midlife and old age
This article examines the prevalence of household debt in middle and old age, in the context of rising consumption, the weakening welfare safety net, and the ‘democratization’ of credit. We aim to address theoretical propositions concerning household correlates of mortgage and financial debt, as well as the relationship between the two types of debt. We utilize data gathered on populations, aged 50 years and older, in 15 countries that participat…
Globally Themed Organizations as Labor Market Intermediaries
This paper examines the labor-market incorporation of minority women. Industrial transformations and the expansion of service and retail have increased women's labor-market participation, but there remains a large variation between minority women groups, where multiple boundaries may hinder labor-market integration. Past research has explored the role of formal labor-market intermediates in overcoming social boundaries. But a precondition for lab…
Immigration and wealth inequality in old age
Determinants of early retirement preferences in Europe
Various family characteristics are acknowledged as important determinants of retirement preferences. Yet, the relevance of the third family generation – the grandchildren – has been largely overlooked. In this article we bring the association between grandparenthood and retirement preferences to the fore. We expect to find such a relationship for two main reasons: first, rising participation rates in the labor market, especially among mothers, in…
Where wealth matters more for health
Ways to Richness
The study examines determination of wealth among older households from a cross-national comparative perspective. Data obtained from 16 national samples reveal that in all countries household wealth is accumulated through two major mechanisms: labor market income and inter-generational transfers. Higher income and reception of inheritance are likely to increase household net worth. Despite considerable cross-country variation in the distribution o…
Work-family conflict in comparative perspective
Wealth Inequality
This reserach examines wealth distribution across ethnic groups in Israel and evaluates the role of labor market rewards and intergenerational transfers in producing ethnic disparities. Israel SHARE data from 2005–2006 are used in the analyses. The findings reveal considerable ethnic disparities in wealth. Wealth disparities are most pronounced when Israeli-born Jews are compared with Arabs and with immigrants from the Former Soviet Union. Furthe…
Explaining racial disparities in access to employment benefits
This research examines disparities in access to pension and health insurance plans between white, blacks, Latino and Asian workers in the American labour force. Using data from the 2006 March Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the analysis reveals that Latino workers are the most disadvantaged and white workers are the most advantaged. The entire gap in likelihood of receiving benefits between whites and Asians, and a substantial portio…
Grounds for citizenship
The declining racial earnings' gap in United States
Welfare Regimes, Family-Supportive Policies, and Women's Employment along the Life-Course
This article examines women's employment patterns during thechild‐rearing period and the consequences of those patterns for earnings later in life, in 12 industralized countries. This study proposes an analytic framework that combines “welfare regime” and gender‐specific policies to explain country differences. The findings presented here suggest that institutional arrangements mediate the costs to women's part‐time and intermittent employment. W…
Sheltered Labor Markets, Public Sector Employment, and Socioeconomic Returns to Education of Arabs in Israel
This study expands the theoretical discussion of ethnic economies by focusing on public sector employment and the role the state plays in affecting the socioeconomic fortunes of ethnic minorities. The authors argue that under certain circumstances public sector employment helps ethnic minorities attain higher socioeconomic rewards. The findings of the study indicate that Arab employees in Israel receive higher returns to education in the ethnic l…
The Impact of Parental Transfers on Living Standards of Married Children
Time to Work
The article examines the preferences for working time among men and women in 22 countries. The main question was whether working hours reflect workers' preferences and tastes or whether they were a constraint imposed by the organization of the labor market and economic considerations. The study is based on the ISSP survey on Work Orientation conducted in 1997 and employs hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to determine individual- and country-leve…
Ethnic Group Mobility in the Israeli Labor Market
In the present study we address the issue of ethnic-group occupational mobility. Utilizing data on the Israeli labor force for the years 1969 and 1982 we examine changes in the occupational distribution of four distinct groups: Jews of European/American origin, Jews of AsianlAfrican origin, Israeli Arabs, and non-citizen Arabs from the West Bank and the Gaza District. Longlinear analysis is employed to distinguish between structural and compositi…
Work-family conflict in comparative perspective
Perceived Equity in the Gendered Division of Household Labor
Despite huge imbalances in the division of housework between women and men, previous studies have found perceptions of equity on the part of women to be much more frequent than feelings of injustice. Taking a comparative perspective on the basis of International Social Survey Program (ISSP) 2002 data (N = 8,556), we find that, on the individual level, the explanatory frameworks that have been found to influence the actual inequality of household …
Where wealth matters more for health
Women's Part-Time Employment and Gender Inequality in the Family
This article examines the effects of full- and part-time employment of women on various aspects of a household's arrangements. It argues that only full-time employment represents a significant transformation in women's roles, thus providing the bargaining resources that allow them to affect the household's arrangements. The authors see part-time involvement in market work as a way to maintain, rather than change, the traditional division of labor…
Ways to Richness
The study examines determination of wealth among older households from a cross-national comparative perspective. Data obtained from 16 national samples reveal that in all countries household wealth is accumulated through two major mechanisms: labor market income and inter-generational transfers. Higher income and reception of inheritance are likely to increase household net worth. Despite considerable cross-country variation in the distribution o…
Policy effects on the division of housework
The paper examines the effect of work–family policies on households' division of unpaid work in 25 countries. Considerable variation exists between countries in the amount of time allocated to unpaid work and the extent to which men participate in housework. Our research question is whether and to what extent different institutional arrangements, especially work–family policies, are related to this variation. The study utilizes data from the ISSP…
The Division of Household Labor in Germany and Israel
We compare the patterns of household division of labor in Germany and Israel-two countries that share key elements of the corporatist welfare regime but differ in their gender regimes-and evaluate several hypotheses using data from the 2002 International Social Survey Program. Although time constraints and relative resources affect the division of household labor and women's housework in both societies, we find that in Germany the gender order of…
Institutional Structure and Immigrant Integration
The present study focuses on the incorporation of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in two receiving societies, Israel and Canada, during the first half of the 1990s. Both countries conducted national censuses in 1995 (Israel) and 1996 (Canada), making it possible to identify a large enough sample of immigrants and provide information on their demographic characteristics and their labor market activity. While both Canada and Israel are immi…
Distributive Justice and Attitudes Toward the Welfare State
Ethnic origin and identity in the Jewish population of Israel
The paper addresses the multifaceted quality of ethnicity in the Jewish population of Israel by probing into the ethnic categories and their subjective meaning. The analyses utilise data collected during 2015–2016 on a representative sample of Israelis age 15 and older, as part of the seventh and eighth rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS). Hypotheses are developed concerning the relationship between demographically based ethnic origin and …
Determinants of early retirement preferences in Europe
Various family characteristics are acknowledged as important determinants of retirement preferences. Yet, the relevance of the third family generation – the grandchildren – has been largely overlooked. In this article we bring the association between grandparenthood and retirement preferences to the fore. We expect to find such a relationship for two main reasons: first, rising participation rates in the labor market, especially among mothers, in…
Changing Labour Force Participation and Occupational Status
The second half of the twentieth century has seen a dramatic increase in female labour force participation in both developing and industrialised societies. Consequently, a growing number of social scientists have turned attention to changes in the occupational distributions and status of economically active women (Cho and Koo 1983; Boserup 1970; Presser and Kishor 1991). In the present paper we aim to contribute to the growing literature on this …
Modernization and Subordination
This paper explores the patterns of economic integration of Arab women in Israel. Specifically, it examines the extent to which development, as well as cultural and structural constraints, affect labour-force participation and gender-linked occupational differentiation of women who belong to an ethnic minority which is both culturally traditional, and socially and politically subordinate. A comparative analysis is carried out across 42 major comm…
Mizrahi-Ashkenazi educational gaps in the third generation
The declining racial earnings' gap in United States
Minority Labour Force Participation in the Post-Fordist era
This study investigates the impact of economic restructuring on the labour force participation of subordinate minority men. Taking Israel as a case study, we review the trends of labour force parti
Grounds for citizenship
Migration, Ethnicity, and Inequality
The present study addresses the issue of ethnic inequality in homeownership. We start out by addressing the social significance of homeownership as it relates to material wellbeing, sense of security, perceived “stake in the system,” and social assimilation. The empirical analysis focuses on immigrants to Israel and examines the extent to which length of residence in the host society, as well as the period of migration, affect ethnic inequality i…
Racial Composition and Occupational Segregation and Inequality across American Cities
Explaining racial disparities in access to employment benefits
This research examines disparities in access to pension and health insurance plans between white, blacks, Latino and Asian workers in the American labour force. Using data from the 2006 March Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the analysis reveals that Latino workers are the most disadvantaged and white workers are the most advantaged. The entire gap in likelihood of receiving benefits between whites and Asians, and a substantial portio…
The Occupational Situs as a Predictor of Work Values
This study rests on the premise that an individual's work values are, to a great extent, determined by his occupation. The complex features of occupations are collapsed here into two orthogonal dimensions. The vertical dimension is captured by the concept of status and the horizontal one by the concept of field or situs. Our objective is to study the unique relationship of each dimension with the work values an individual holds. While the effects…
Noncitizen Arabs in the Israeli Labor Market
Following the 1967 Six Day War, Arab residents of territories administered by Israel began to enter the Israeli labor market in large numbers. This study focuses on the distribution and change in their occupational status relative to other major ethnic groups in the Israeli economy Data from labor force surveys in Israel and the administered territories for 1969, 1975, and 1981 reveal that noncitizen Arabs initially entered low status occupations…
Educating for Unemployment
Ethnic Group Mobility in the Israeli Labor Market
In the present study we address the issue of ethnic-group occupational mobility. Utilizing data on the Israeli labor force for the years 1969 and 1982 we examine changes in the occupational distribution of four distinct groups: Jews of European/American origin, Jews of AsianlAfrican origin, Israeli Arabs, and non-citizen Arabs from the West Bank and the Gaza District. Longlinear analysis is employed to distinguish between structural and compositi…
Employment and ill-health among women in Israel
Economic Development, Investment Dependence, and the Rise of Services in Less Developed Nations
Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Opportunity Structure on the Employment of Black and White Youth
The object of this article is to consider the impact of local labor market opportunities on the employment of youth, and to evaluate the extent to which residential segregation is detrimental to the employment of young blacks. In the study, labor force statistics for white and black youth are related to job availability estimates derived from Dun and Bradstreet business data for 74 neighborhood communities in the city of Chicago. The findings und…
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
The status of Arab workers the West Bank and Gaza Strip has become one of the most salient social problems facing Israeli society. Noncitizen Arabs in Israel occupy the lowest, most undesirable positions and are paid significantly less than Israeli citizens. The handicaps they suffer are similar in many respects to those experienced by migrant laborers in Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, by seasonal Mexican workers in the United States, and…
When Teenagers Work
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
Segregation and Competition in Occupational Labor Markets
This study treats the relationship between labor force composition and income as outlined by alternative models, competition and segregation. Analyses of 323 Israeli occupations focus on the relations between the income of European/American men and the proportions of women, Arab men, and Asian/African men across the entire occupational spectrum, as well as in the core and peripheral sectors of the economy. Using two-wave regression models for 197…
Work Characteristics and Ill Health
Utilizing the concept of gender roles, a framework is proposed for the study of sex differences in the work-health association. The hypotheses put forward reason that social psychological attributes of work that reflect on self-image and identity will be most consequential for men's health, whereas demands at work on one's time and energy will more strongly affect women. The empirical analysis was based on a sample of 442 employed men and 243 emp…
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
Determinants of Regular Source of Health Care in Black, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Non-Hispanic White Populations
Although access to health services has improved considerably in the past two decades, there is growing concern about the locus of health care for the poor and ethnic minorities. In urban areas, in particular, the use of hospital outpatient departments and emergency rooms by the indigent has been increasing. This article examines the determinants of regular source of care and illuminates the ethnicity-poverty-health care nexus. The data set analyz…
Health Risks of Self-Employment
This study explores the impact of self-employment on health and argues that favorable aspects of autonomy and self-direction notwithstanding, the self-employed are frequently burdened by uncertainty, market fluctuations, and the threat of loss of assets. These impose considerable stress on the self-employed and induce life-styles and behaviors detrimental to health. The analysis is based on survey and medical data for a sample of men residing in …
Suburban Labor Markets, Urban Labor Markets, and Gender Inequality in Earnings
This study focuses on the role of labor market location in generating gender inequality in earnings. Specifically, the article examines whether suburban versus urban labor market conditions differentially affect gender-based earnings inequality. Tel Aviv metropolitan area labor force data support the thesis that women's tendency to settle for jobs in the vicinity of home is an exchange between economic opportunities and convenience, to avoid conf…
Local Labor Markets, Ethnic Segregation, and Income Inequality
Journal Article Local Labor Markets, Ethnic Segregation, and Income Inequality Get access Noah Lewin-Epstein, Noah Lewin-Epstein Tel Aviv University Direct correspondence to Noah Lewin-Epstein, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Moshe Semyonov Moshe Semyonov Tel Aviv University and University of Illinois at Chica…
Modernization and Subordination
This paper explores the patterns of economic integration of Arab women in Israel. Specifically, it examines the extent to which development, as well as cultural and structural constraints, affect labour-force participation and gender-linked occupational differentiation of women who belong to an ethnic minority which is both culturally traditional, and socially and politically subordinate. A comparative analysis is carried out across 42 major comm…
Ethnic Labor Markets, Gender, and Socioeconomic Inequality
The research examines the way in which the economic structure of the Arab labor market in Israel, coupled with gender-linked occupational segregation affects gender differences in socioeconomic attainment. The analysis is based on the 1983 Israeli Census of Population. The concept of ethnic labor market is discussed in a comparative perspective, shifting the focus to public sector employment which is central to the Arab labor market in Israel. Th…
Sheltered Labor Markets, Public Sector Employment, and Socioeconomic Returns to Education of Arabs in Israel
This study expands the theoretical discussion of ethnic economies by focusing on public sector employment and the role the state plays in affecting the socioeconomic fortunes of ethnic minorities. The authors argue that under certain circumstances public sector employment helps ethnic minorities attain higher socioeconomic rewards. The findings of the study indicate that Arab employees in Israel receive higher returns to education in the ethnic l…
Laughter Spreads
We suggest that comprehension of the nature of scientific controversy calls for analysis which extends beyond the confines of the professional scientific community. Linking theoretical concepts of contingent and constitutive forums with the idea of explicit and implicit rejection, we contend that the explanation for the shift between forums and modes of rejection in the course of scientific controversy can often be found outside the boundaries of…
Ethnic Inequality in Home Ownership and the Value of Housing
This article aims to contribute to an understanding of how immigrants are incorporated into the stratification system by focusing on ownership of housing. The hypothesis is that time of immigration and place of residence account for a large portion of the ethnic disparities in wealth in Israel, independent of human capital and success in the labor market. Data from the 1986/87 Household Expenditure Survey were employed in order to estimate the pr…
Validation of the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (Hebrew Version) in the Adult Population of Israel
OBJECTIVES: In the past few years, the SF-36 Health Survey has drawn considerable attention from researchers in non-English-speaking countries. This report contributes to the growing body of literature on this instrument by reporting the results of a national study conducted in Israel. The study examined the psychometric properties of the Hebrew translation based on a sample of the adult population of Israel and evaluated the results from a cross…
Changing Labour Force Participation and Occupational Status
The second half of the twentieth century has seen a dramatic increase in female labour force participation in both developing and industrialised societies. Consequently, a growing number of social scientists have turned attention to changes in the occupational distributions and status of economically active women (Cho and Koo 1983; Boserup 1970; Presser and Kishor 1991). In the present paper we aim to contribute to the growing literature on this …
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