The Road to Economic Self-Sufficiency: Job Quality and Job Transition Patterns

This paper analyzes the relationships of schooling, the skill content of work experience, & different types of employment patterns with less-skilled women's job quality outcomes. Survey data from employers & longitudinal data from former & current welfare recipients are used for the...

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Published in:Journal of policy analysis and management 2003-10, Vol.22 (4), p.615-639
Main Authors: Johnson, Rucker C, Corcoran, Mary E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This paper analyzes the relationships of schooling, the skill content of work experience, & different types of employment patterns with less-skilled women's job quality outcomes. Survey data from employers & longitudinal data from former & current welfare recipients are used for the period 1997 to early 2002. The analysis of job quality is broadened beyond employment rates & wages measured at a point in time by including non-wage attributes of compensation & aspects of jobs that affect future earnings potential. This study shows the extent to which lack of employment stability, job skills, & occupation-specific experience impedes welfare recipients' abilities to obtain a "good job" or to transition into one from a "bad job." The business cycle downturn has significantly negatively affected the job quality & job transition patterns of former & current recipients. 7 Tables, 1 Appendix, 45 References. [Copyright 2003 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
ISSN:0276-8739
DOI:10.1002/pam.10158