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 …
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Mental Ability and the Sources of Occupational Success
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 …
Family, Work, Work-Family Spillover and Alcohol Abuse during Midlife
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 …
Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States: Measures, Differentials, and Trends
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 …
Changes in Occupational Sex Segregation during the 1980s and 1990s
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 …
Work, Family, and Exercise: Toward an Ecological Perspective
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 …
Women at Work: A Study of the Factors Influencing Women’s Employment, 1972-1985
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1998-27
Aging in Latin American and the Caribbean
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 …
Reconceptualizing the Work-Family Interface: An Ecological Perspective on the Correlates of Positive and Negative Spillover between Work and Family
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 …
Occupational Sex Segregation in Global Perspective: Comparative Analyses of Developed and Developing Nations
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 …