Doctoral Dissertation Research: Job Instability and Worker Wellbeing

博士论文研究：工作不稳定和工人福祉

• 批准号: 0117185
• 负责人: Leslie McCall
• 金额: $ 0.43万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-08-01 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Job; Instability

Since the 1980s, job stability for American workers has been falling as employers pursue increased flexibility in employment systems. Traditionally vulnerable groups such as young workers and blacks have experienced the largest decreases in stability, but even hitherto stable workers such as older managers and professionals have been affected. This project investigates the economic consequences of frequent job changes for workers who first entered the labor market in the early 1980s. Because worker and labor market characteristics shape the relationship between mobility and wages, the economic effects of instability are unlikely to be uniform. The project thus explores the conditions under which job instability creates better or worse wage outcomes.Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth from 1979 to 1998, the analysis identifies how three main contextual factors shape the relationship between mobility patterns and wage profiles: 1) workers' reasons for changing jobs, 2) patterns of job change, 3) and types of labor markets in which the changes occur. The results offer theoretical insights into the consequences of economic change for worker well-being, and policy implications for addressing the needs of workers without a permanent employer.

自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，随着雇主追求增加就业制度的灵活性，美国工人的工作稳定性一直在下降。 年轻工人和黑人等传统弱势群体的稳定性下降幅度最大，但即使是年长管理人员和专业人士等迄今为止稳定的工人也受到了影响。 该项目调查了 20 世纪 80 年代初首次进入劳动力市场的工人频繁跳槽的经济后果。 由于工人和劳动力市场的特征决定了流动性和工资之间的关系，因此不稳定的经济影响不太可能是一致的。 因此，该项目探讨了工作不稳定导致工资结果更好或更差的条件。利用 1979 年至 1998 年全国青年纵向研究的数据，该分析确定了三个主要背景因素如何影响流动模式和工资状况之间的关系：1）工人换工作的原因，2）工作变动的模式，3）以及发生变化的劳动力市场类型。 研究结果提供了关于经济变革对工人福祉的影响的理论见解，以及满足没有固定雇主的工人需求的政策影响。