Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Women in the Labor Force
Author: Women Working Longer
Author: Claudia GoldinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022653264X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Today, more American women than ever before stay in the workforce into their sixties and seventies. This trend emerged in the 1980s, and has persisted during the past three decades, despite substantial changes in macroeconomic conditions. Why is this so? Today’s older American women work full-time jobs at greater rates than women in other developed countries. In Women Working Longer, editors Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz assemble new research that presents fresh insights on the phenomenon of working longer. Their findings suggest that education and work experience earlier in life are connected to women’s later-in-life work. Other contributors to the volume investigate additional factors that may play a role in late-life labor supply, such as marital disruption, household finances, and access to retirement benefits. A pioneering study of recent trends in older women’s labor force participation, this collection offers insights valuable to a wide array of social scientists, employers, and policy makers.
Facts on Older Women Workers
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Age and employment
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Older" Women as Office Workers
Author: Pearl Cooper RavnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Age and employment
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Labor Force Under Changing Income and Employment
Author: Clarence Dickinson LongPublisher: Princeton, U. P
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Workforce 2000
Author: William B. JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Aging and the Macroeconomy
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309261961
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are living longer, and many couples are choosing to have fewer children and to have those children somewhat later in life. The resulting demographic shift will present the nation with economic challenges, both to absorb the costs and to leverage the benefits of an aging population. Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population presents the fundamental factors driving the aging of the U.S. population, as well as its societal implications and likely long-term macroeconomic effects in a global context. The report finds that, while population aging does not pose an insurmountable challenge to the nation, it is imperative that sensible policies are implemented soon to allow companies and households to respond. It offers four practical approaches for preparing resources to support the future consumption of households and for adapting to the new economic landscape.
Standards for the Employment of Women in Industry ...
Author: United States. Women's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Evolving Households
Author: Jeremy GreenwoodPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350866
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The transformative effect of technological change on households and culture, seen from a macroeconomic perspective through simple economic models. In Evolving Households, Jeremy Greenwood argues that technological progress has had as significant an effect on households as it had on industry. Taking a macroeconomic perspective, Greenwood develops simple economic models to study such phenomena as the rise in married female labor force participation, changes in fertility rates, the decline in marriage, and increased longevity. These trends represent a dramatic transformation in everyday life, and they were made possible by advancements in technology. Greenwood also addresses how technological progress can cause social change. Greenwood shows, for example, how electricity and labor-saving appliances freed women from full-time household drudgery and enabled them to enter the labor market. He explains that fertility dropped when higher wages increased the opportunity cost of having children; he attributes the post–World War II baby boom to a combination of labor-saving household technology and advances in obstetrics and pediatrics. Marriage rates declined when single households became more economically feasible; people could be more discriminating in their choice of a mate. Technological progress also affects social and cultural norms. Innovation in contraception ushered in a sexual revolution. Labor-saving technological progress at home, together with mechanization in industry that led to an increase in the value of brain relative to brawn for jobs, fostered the advancement of women's rights in the workplace. Finally, Greenwood attributes increased longevity to advances in medical technology and rising living standards, and he examines healthcare spending, the development of new drugs, and the growing portion of life now spent in retirement.
Handbook of Labor Economics
Author: Orley AshenfelterPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780444501899
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
A guide to the continually evolving field of labour economics.