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Race, Gender, and Parenthood on Returns from Job Changes in the New and Traditional Economies Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Industrial Classification; Job Tenure; Occupations; Racial Equality/Inequality; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Scholars increasingly describe the contemporary labor market as entering an age of precarity characterized by low job security, low loyalty between workers and companies, and increasing instability. These shifts in the structure of work have different consequences for professional workers compared to those in low wage jobs, though qualitative research suggests frequent job change is increasingly the reality for all workers. The qualitative work also suggests that further bifurcation between professional workers, who change jobs to pursue better opportunities, and low wage workers, who may find that job opportunities differ little, is an important factor fueling increasing inequality. Using the job classification established by Shackelford and Jankowski (2016) and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, we examine the effects of job changes on pay comparatively for professional workers in computing and technology related occupations, often thought of as emblematic of the "new economy", and less skilled workers in manufacturing, construction, and select service jobs that reflect the traditional economy. Past research is clear that job change typically has a positive impact on wages; however, we ask if the impact is the same across new and old industries and if durable 20th century inequalities around gender, race, and parenthood status shape the likelihood that a job change will yield increased wages. We find that gender and race inequality is more pronounced in the traditional jobs and women benefit more from changing jobs in this part of the labor force. While job changes have a positive effect on wages across job types, the effect is larger for new economy jobs and roughly the same for workers regardless of race, gender, or parenthood status. We find evidence that work in the new economy may be somewhat more equitable than work in the traditional economy. |
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Alegria, Sharla N. "Race, Gender, and Parenthood on Returns from Job Changes in the New and Traditional Economies." Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2018. |