Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1997-17 Abstract This paper seeks to determine whether employment in co-ethnic niches enhances labor market opportunities for urban workers, and whether the immigrant share of the workforce of an employment sector is associated with joblessness, low occupational attainment and low hourly wages. The results indicate that while substantial shares of …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1998-07 Abstract Students of social stratification often ignore cognitive ability. By ignoring it, they are open to the accusation that they have failed to consider the full range of factors affecting social and economic success, and they leave the field open to advocates who claim, unrealistically, that cognitive ability is …
Grzywacz, Joseph, and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 1998-08 Abstract Using ecological theory as a theoretical framework, this study systematically examined the associations between multiple dimensions of family solidarity, work characteristics, work-family spillover, and alcohol abuse among a national sample of employed midlife adults (N=1,806). Multivariate analyses confirmed that work and family microsystem factors …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1998-12 Abstract Economic research on intergenerational mobility has tended to focus on the extremes of the distribution of economic well-being—either on the inheritance of wealth or on the persistence of poverty. In the general population, there are few reliable measurements of the persistence of income or earnings across generations, and …
Wells, Thomas Working paper no. 1998-14 Abstract This research note investigates trends in occupational sex segregation between 1980 and 1997. Using PUMS data from the 1980 and the 1990 censuses as well as microdata from the March 1990 and March 1997 CPS, I compute unstandardized and standardized indexes of dissimilarity as measures of occupational segregation. …
Grzywacz, Joseph, and Nadine Marks Working paper no. 1998-25 Abstract Objectives: Rational decision models (i.e., value expectancy models) have dominated exercise research. Guided by ecological theory, this study proposed that contextual factors within the family and work microsystems, and the work-family mesosystem would be associated with participation in regular vigorous exercise habits. Methods: Cross-sectional self-report data …
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1998-27
Palloni, Alberto, Susan De Vos, and Martha Pelaez Working paper no. 1999-02 Abstract This document evaluates the nature of aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, and reviews available evidence regarding the demographic profile of the elderly, their health and disability status, the composition of their human capital, labor force participation and retirement behavior, residential …
Grzywacz, Joseph, and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 1999-03 Abstract The overarching goal of this study was to use ecological theory to develop a more expanded conceptualization of the work-family interface, and to identify significant correlates of both positive and negative spillover between work and family. Using a subsample of employed adults from the …
Cartmill, Randi Working paper no. 1999-12 Abstract This study provides the first systematic examination of patterns of occupational sex segregation in less developed countries. I apply log-linear and log-multiplicative models to six-category occupational data from 44 nations to describe and explain the segregation patterns in both industrialized and less developed countries. These analyses indicate that …