Generating Labor Market Inequality: Employment Opportunities and the Accumulation of Disadvantage

1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Tienda ◽  
Haya Stier
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Labor Market Inequality

Business management in the light of cultural diversity in the labor market

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
René Pawera ◽  
Monika Lavrovičová ◽  
Lucia Húsenicová
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Labor Market Conditions ◽  
Labor Market Inequality

An important element of the management of modern companies and organizations is the proper use of diversity management and equal opportunities, aimed at eliminating discrimination in the labor market. The paper summarizes the starting points for these processes in the labor market. It describes the tendencies of the development of the solved problem in the context of the labor market conditions of the Slovak Republic. Key words: labor market inequality, equal opportunities management, diversity management

scholarly journals Race and Networks in the Job Search Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Pedulla ◽  
Devah Pager
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Job Offers

Racial disparities persist throughout the employment process, with African Americans experiencing significant barriers compared to whites. This article advances the understanding of racial labor market stratification by bringing new theoretical insights and original data to bear on the ways social networks shape racial disparities in employment opportunities. We develop and articulate two pathways through which networks may perpetuate racial inequality in the labor market: network access and network returns. In the first case, African American job seekers may receive fewer job leads through their social networks than white job seekers, limiting their access to employment opportunities. In the second case, black and white job seekers may utilize their social networks at similar rates, but their networks may differ in effectiveness. Our data, with detailed information about both job applications and job offers, provide the unique ability to adjudicate between these processes. We find evidence that black and white job seekers utilize their networks at similar rates, but network-based methods are less likely to lead to job offers for African Americans. We then theoretically develop and empirically test two mechanisms that may explain these differential returns: network placement and network mobilization. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for scholarship on racial stratification and social networks in the job search process.

Congress and the Bureaucracy: Who Makes the Law?

Congress ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 239-260
Author(s):  
Benjamin Ginsberg ◽  
Kathryn Wagner Hill
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Bureaucratic Power ◽  
Executive Agencies

This chapter concerns how Congress deals with bureaucratic power. Much of today's federal bureaucracy can trace its origins to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Under FDR's leadership, the federal government began to take responsibility for management of the economy, provision of social services, protection of the public's health, maintenance of employment opportunities, promotion of social equality, protection of the environment, and a host of other tasks. As the government's responsibilities and ambitions grew, Congress assigned more and more complex tasks to the agencies of the executive branch, which sometimes were only too happy to expand their own power and autonomy. Executive agencies came to be tasked with the responsibility for analyzing and acting upon economic data; assessing the environmental impact of programs and projects; responding to fluctuations in the labor market; safeguarding the food supply; regulating the stock market; supervising telecommunications and air, sea, and land transport; and, in recent years, protecting the nation from terrorist plots.

scholarly journals Flexibility Policies and Re-employment Probabilities in Italy

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 621-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Mussida ◽  
Dario Sciulli
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Duration Dependence ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Regional Labor Markets ◽  
Flexible Labor ◽  
Regional Labor ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Employment Probabilities ◽  
Screening Device

Abstract We analyze the effects of Italian labor market reforms “at the margin” on the probability of exiting from non-employment and entering permanent and temporary contracts, using WHIP data for the period 1985–2004. We find that the reforms have strengthened the duration dependence parameter, meaning a stronger labor market gap in employment opportunities between the short- and long-term non-employed. We suggest that in a flexible labor market, long-term unemployment is used by firms as a screening device to detect less productive workers. We also find evidence of greater differences in employment opportunities according to gender, and of reduced differences between regional labor markets.

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
pp. 1298-1313
Author(s):  
Robert Niewiadomski ◽  
Dennis Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Strong Ai ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Impact

Our inventions defined the work we engaged in for centuries; created new industries and employment opportunities around them. They, however, had often unforeseen consequences that affected the way we lived, interacted with each other, and redefined our societal rules. The established narration portrays the impact of major technological leaps in civilization on employment as temporary disruptions: Many finds themselves without employment taken away from them by efficient, laborsaving inventions, but, in the long run, through gradual adaptations, improved education and gaining higher qualifications, everyone benefits. In this chapter, the authors explore the impact of the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) in relations to the labor market. The authors argue that this rather optimistic, even naïve scenario, collapses while confronted with the exponential growth of AI; in particular, with the potential arrival of syneoids – robotic forms of “strong AI” possessing, or even exceeding, the full range of human cognitive abilities.

scholarly journals The Political Consequences of Labor Market Dualization: Labor Market Status, Occupational Unemployment and Policy Preferences

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-368
Author(s):  
Tim Vlandas
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Market Risks ◽  
Labor Market Inequality ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Market Status ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
Cross National

AbstractThis article explores empirically how different types of labor market inequality affect policy preferences in post-industrial societies. I argue that the two main conceptualizations of labor market vulnerability identified in the insider–outsider literature are complementary: labor market risks are shaped by both labor market status—whether an individual is unemployed, in a temporary or permanent contract—and occupational unemployment—whether an individual is in an occupation with high or low unemployment. As a result, both status and occupation are important determinants of individual labor market policy preferences. In this paper, I first briefly conceptualize the link between labor market divides, risks and policy preferences, and then use cross-national survey data to investigate the determinants of preferences.

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