Public Sector Employment Inequality in the United States and the Great Recession
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10970554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Laird (0000-0002-6084-928X, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 391-411 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-016-0532-4 |
| PMID | 28092072 |
| OpenAlex | W2574786037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 30 |
Historically in the United States, the public sector has served as an equalizing institution through the expansion of job opportunities for minority workers. This study examines whether the public sector continues to serve as an equalizing institution in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Using data from the Current Population Survey, I investigate changes in public sector employment between 2003 and 2013. My results point to a post-recession double disadvantage for black public sector workers: they are concentrated in a shrinking sector of the economy, and they are more likely than white and Hispanic public sector workers to experience job loss. These two trends are a historical break for the public sector labor market. I find that race and ethnicity gaps in public sector employment cannot be explained by differences in education, occupation, or any of the other measurable factors that are typically associated with employment. Among unemployed workers who most recently worked for the public sector, black women are the least likely to transition into private sector employment
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Great recession · Inequality · Labour economics · Political science · Public sector · Recession · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Kulturelle Vielfalt der öffentlichen Verwaltung
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Women's leadership and the gendered consequences of austerity in the public sector
Examining the relationship between urban form and social inequality
The intensity of Covid‐19 nonpharmaceutical interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector
When We Target Federal Workers, Whom Are We Targeting? Three Perspectives on U.S. Federal Workers
Kulturelle Vielfalt der öffentlichen Verwaltung
Racial Earnings Disparities with Endogenous Labor Market Participation
Intersectional Earnings Inequalities in U.S. Public Sector Workplaces and the Great Recession
The Legacy of Austerity
Race Preferences at Work
Reflections on the shadow carceral state
Examining the impacts of the Great Recession on the commuting dynamics and jobs-housing balance of public and private sector workers
The Life Course of Unemployment
Government Employees’ Experience and Expectation of Covid-19 Hardships
The institutional and cultural framing of the educational stratification in fertility. A review of the role of labor market institutions and attitudinal orientations
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Race Differences in Motivations for Joining Unions
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Pension Reforms and Public Sector Turnover
Public sector unionization and Black-White earnings inequality
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Labor unions, work contexts, and workers' access to work-family policies
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Gender and Racial Inequality at Work
Social Protection vs. Economic Flexibility
Public Sector Transformation, Racial Inequality and Downward Occupational Mobility
Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government
Employment Stability in the U.S. Labor Market
The Impact of Veterans' Preference on the Composition and Quality of the Federal Civil Service
The Feminization of Austerity
Gender, the Welfare State, and Public Employment
Equal Pay in the Public Sector
Occupational Mobility of Black Men
The Structure of Disadvantage
Revisiting Shibboleths of Race and Urban Economy
The Negro in Federal Employment
An Analysis of Workers' Choice between Employment in the Public and Private Sectors
Black/White Wage Convergence
Handbook on Women Workers 1965
Government Employment and Black-White Earnings Inequality, 1980-1990
What Do We Really Know About Racial Inequality? Labor Markets, Politics, and the Historical Basis of Black Economic Fortunes
History and Career in a Bureaucratic Labor Market
Unemployment, earnings and enrollment among post 9/11 veterans
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |