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Union Power, Cost of Job Loss, and Workers' Effort.
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Green, Francis; McIntosh, Steven – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998
Data from 2,061 British companies in the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey supported the hypothesis that powerful unions reduce the external threat of job loss and therefore the pace of work in unionized firms is less responsive to such threats. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Layoff, Labor Relations, Productivity
Changing Consequences of Job Separation in the United States.
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Polsky, Daniel – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1999
Panel Study of Income Dynamics data on job loss (1976 to 1981 and 1986 to 1991) indicated stability in overall incidence of job loss but significant increases in involuntary loss for older workers. Reemployment rate of workers who involuntarily lost jobs dropped from 67% to 62%. Chances of a large wage cut rose to 17% by 1986 to 1991. (SK)
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Labor Turnover, Older Workers, Reentry Workers
How Do Unemployment Insurance and Recall Expectations Affect On-the-Job Search among Workers Who Receive Advance Notice of Layoff?
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Burgess, Paul L.; Low, Stuart A. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998
Prelayoff job search of workers receiving advance notice of layoffs increased with length of notice and decreased with expected recall. For those not expecting recall, prelayoff search decreased with level of available unemployment benefits. (SK)
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods, Reentry Workers
A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature on Displaced Workers.
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Fallick, Bruce C. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1996
A literature review shows that job displacement is widespread, peaks during economic downturns, and is concentrated in states and industries that are doing poorly. Displaced workers experience more nonemployment than do nondisplaced workers and their earning losses are large and persistent. Outcomes for all displaced workers are heavily influenced…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Change, Job Layoff, Reentry Workers
Mandatory Notice and the Jobless Durations of Displaced Workers.
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Friesen, Jane – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997
Canadian Displaced Workers Survey data indicate that group advance-notice laws, which apply to large-scale layoffs, reduced the length of displaced workers' joblessness. Individual notice laws had little effect, perhaps because laid-off workers whose plants remain open may expect to be rehired and therefore delay job search. (SK)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Foreign Countries, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods
Job Tenure and Job Mobility in Britain.
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Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Garcia-Serrano, Carlos – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1999
Work-history data in Britain from 1915 to 1990 showed that British women and men held an average of five jobs over a lifetime; half of all job changes occurred in the first 10 working years; more recent cohorts had more job instability; instability was greater among the lowest occupational classification and among men more than women. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Layoff, Job Security, Labor Turnover
Work Reorganization in an Era of Restructuring: Trends in Diffusion and Effects on Employer Welfare.
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Osterman, Paul – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2000
A 1997 replication of a 1992 study received 683 responses from businesses. Results show rapid diffusion of high performance work organization (HPWO) practices; adoption of self-managed teams was slower than other practices. HPWOs were associated with increased layoffs and no compensation gains, so restructuring benefits were not mutually shared by…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Employee Attitudes, Job Layoff, Organizational Change
The Female-Male Differential in Unemployment Rates
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Niemi, Beth – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
The male-female differential in unemployment is attributed to three major factors. They are frictional unemployment, cyclical layoff often connected with lack of specific training, and occupational and geographic immobility. Women receive less specific training then men; however, the net effect of this lack on female unemployment is quite small.…
Descriptors: Females, Job Layoff, Job Training, Labor Force Nonparticipants