Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impacts of Underemployment in the New Economy

普林斯顿大学摘要博士论文研究：新经济中不充分就业的影响近年来，一种被称为"不稳定工作"的现象迅速增长，这种现象包括不充分就业、临时和合同就业、兼职工作和长期失业。虽然社会科学家已经开始解决其对雇主和雇员的影响，但仍然存在重大差距。本项目审查两个核心问题。首先，采用调查和实地实验的方法，本文研究了不稳定的就业历史对未来就业模式的影响，为个人工人。它还研究了这些就业历史的影响如何在不同的人口群体中有所不同。其次，该项目探讨了这种转变对依赖临时雇员的组织中的全职长期雇员的影响。最近的经济衰退导致失业率和失业率上升。这项研究的结果可能会提高我们对部门和经济变化以及美国收入不平等加剧的理解。这项研究的结果可能会引起公众的兴趣，也可能会影响旨在创造永久和临时就业机会的政策努力。 调查结果也可能是感兴趣的雇主，对他们来说，裁员和招聘战略进行已知和未知的机会成本。

SES-1203135Devah Pager and David PedullaPrinceton UniversityAbstractDoctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Underemployment in the New EconomyIn recent years, a phenomenon called "precarious work," which includes underemployment, temporary and contract employment, part-time work, and long-term unemployment, has grown rapidly. While social scientists have begun to address its consequences for employers and employees, important gaps remain. This project examines two central issues. First, using survey- and field-experimental methods, the dissertation examines the impact of precarious employment histories on future employment patterns for individual workers. It also examines how the effects of these employment histories differ across demographic groups. Second, the project explores the consequences of this shift for full-time, permanent employees in organizations that rely on such contingent employees. Broader Impacts The recent economic downturn has resulted in growing rates of under- and unemployment. Findings from this research may improve our understanding of sectoral and economic change as well as growing income inequality in the U.S. Findings from this research may be of interest to the general public as well as policy efforts designed to create jobs, both permanent and temporary. Findings may also be of interest to employers, for whom downsizing and hiring strategies carry both known and unknown opportunity costs.