RECENT TRENDS IN PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
This study analyzes trends in part-time employment in the United States for 1964-1993. The conventional wisdom holds that a permanent shift has occurred toward part-time employment-particularly involuntary part-time jobs-in recent years. The data show a cyclical increase during the latest recession, but no upward trend since 1984. A concurrent boom in temporary agency employment suggests a confusion between "part-time" and "temporary" jobs. Copyright 1996 Western Economic Association International.
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1996
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Authors: | LEVENSON, ALEC R. |
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Contemporary Economic Policy. - Western Economic Association International - WEAI, ISSN 1074-3529. - Vol. 14.1996, 4, p. 78-89
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