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Title: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Rise of Polarized and Precarious Employment Systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs provides an insightful analysis of how and why precarious employment is gaining ground in the labor market and the role these developments have played in the decline of the middle class. Kalleberg shows that by the 1970s, government deregulation, global competition, and the rise of the service sector gained traction, while institutional protections for workers—such as unions and minimum-wage legislation—weakened. Together, these forces marked the end of postwar security for American workers. The composition of the labor force also changed significantly; the number of dual-earner families increased, as did the share of the workforce comprised of women, non-white, and immigrant workers. Of these groups, blacks, Latinos, and immigrants remain concentrated in the most precarious and low-quality jobs, with educational attainment being the leading indicator of who will earn the highest . . .

Url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7758/9781610447478

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Authors: Kalleberg, Arne, L

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Publisher Location: New York City, NY, USA

Pages: 1-292

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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