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1 online resource (231 pages) |
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Garland Studies in the History of American Labor Ser |
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Garland Studies in the History of American Labor Ser
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880-01 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Issues of Immigration; 1.3 Focus of the Dissertation; II. Theories of Immigration; 2.1 The Decision to Migrate to a Foreign Country; 2.2 Assimilation and Self-Selection Hypotheses; 2.3 The Cohort Quality Hypothesis; III. Models of Labor Turnover and Unemployment; 3.1 Issues of Measurement-Stocks and Flows; 3.2 Causes of Unemployment-Turnover vs. Lack of Jobs; 3.3 Types of Unemployment; 3.4 Causes of Unemployment-Job Search, Rigid Wages, Disequilibria; 3.5 Search Theories; A. Overview |
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880-01/(S 11.1. Derivation of the Estimating Equations11.2. The Basic Model; 11.3 The Foreign Born Variables; 11.4 Summary of Chapter 11; XII. Summary, Conclusions, Policy Implications; 12.1. The Assimilation Hypothesis; 12.2. Labor Force Hypotheses, and Study Design; 12.3 Summary of Findings, Base Variables; 12.4 Summary of Findings, Foreign Born Variables; 12.5. Discussion; 12.6 Policy Implications and Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; Appendix Α.; Cited References |
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VIII. Employment, Unemployment, Out of the Labor Force8.1 Basic Model Variables, Coefficients; 8.2 The Foreign Born Variables; 8.3 Disaggregation by Racial/Ethnic Group; 8.4 Summary of Chapter 8; IX. Job Losers, Job Leavers, Labor Force Entrants; 9.1. The Basic Model; 9.2 The Foreign Born Variables; 9.3 Summary of Chapter 9; X. Search Duration-Weeks Looking for Work; 10.1 Description of Model, and Problems; 10.2. Empirical Results-Basic Model; 10.3. The Foreign Born Variables; 10.4 Summary of Chapter 10; XI. Adjusting Unemployment Probabilities for Duration of Unemployment |
| Summary |
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
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Print version record |
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Foreign workers -- United States
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Labor turnover -- United States
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Assimilation (Sociology) -- United States
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Assimilation (Sociology)
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Foreign workers
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Labor turnover
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317776482 |
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1317776488 |
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