The Distribution of Economic Losses among Displaced Workers: Measurement Methods Matter
This paper uses data on displaced workers from the January 1984 Displaced Worker Survey and data on a comparison group of "nondisplaced" workers constructed from the Current Population Survey to measure how worker characteristics affect the distribution of losses from displacement for workers displaced between January 1983 and January 1984. Displaced blue collar workers, industry changers, white women, and black men who are displaced incur the greater losses. Anomolous findings in previous studies are shown to be the result of failure to include a comparison group and to specify losses correctly.
Year of publication: |
1988
|
---|---|
Authors: | Madden, Janice Fanning |
Published in: |
Journal of Human Resources. - University of Wisconsin Press. - Vol. 23.1988, 1
|
Publisher: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
Saved in:
Online Resource
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
The economics of sex discrimination
Madden, Janice Fanning, (1973)
-
Reply to: Differences in the success of NFL coaches by race : a different perspective
Madden, Janice Fanning, (2009)
-
The economics of sex discrimination
Madden, Janice Fanning, (1975)
- More ...