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Reynolds, Megan M.; Brady, David – Social Forces, 2012
Previous research suggests that higher incomes, safe workplaces, job security and healthcare access all contribute to favorable health. Reflecting the interest of economic and political sociologists in power relations and institutions, union membership has been linked with many such influences on health. Nevertheless, the potential relationship…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Unions, Job Security, Union Members
Freedman, Marcia; Maclachlan, Gretchen
Utilizing Federal census data from 1960 and 1970, this study provides (1) an overview of the job structure of the entire American economy as of 1970, by arranging the jobs in a new occupational-industrial matrix and ranking them in terms of average annual earnings; and (2) an analysis of the structural factors that distinguish the better from the…
Descriptors: Age, Classification, Collective Bargaining, Demography