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Author: Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A.
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1. Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A.
There's No Place Like Home: The Relationship of Nonstandard Employment and Home Ownership over the 1990s
American Journal of Economics and Sociology 63,4 (October 2004): 881-896.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2004.00320.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.
Keyword(s): Absenteeism; Benefits; Employment, Part-Time; Home Ownership; Labor Market Demographics; Modeling, Logit; Quits; Rural/Urban Differences; Time Use; Work Hours/Schedule

Employment stability for many nonstandard workers is tenuous and early research shows some types of nonstandard employment carry long-term consequences in the form of lower wages and fewer benefits over time. This paper seeks to add to the literature by considering another long-term consequence for nonstandard workers: the inability of some nonstandard workers to accumulate assets. The particular asset this paper focuses on is home ownership. Logistic regression results using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 suggest that current and past employment in some nonstandard jobs, especially as a temporary worker, is associated with a lower probability of owning a home. This may have repercussions not only for households with temporary workers but for their community as well, since home ownership has been tied to positive spillovers such as increased social capital and community involvement.
Bibliography Citation
Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A. "There's No Place Like Home: The Relationship of Nonstandard Employment and Home Ownership over the 1990s." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 63,4 (October 2004): 881-896.
2. Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A.
Hill, Elizabeth T.
How Did We Get Here from There? Movement into Temporary Employment
Journal of Economic Issues 36,2 (June 2002): 303-311.
Also: http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/utj/jei/36/jei-36-2-6.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE)
Keyword(s): Employment, Part-Time; Family Studies; Part-Time Work; Poverty

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Examines the shift in the focus of employers from employment stability to employment flexibility. Impact of the growth of the temporary industry and temporary work on employment, uncertainty, and changing norms; Factors which are associated with people entering into temporary work, including an effort to balance family and work; Use of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in the analysis; Discussion of poverty among temporary workers.

The paper (see, the .pdf file) was prepared for the annual meeting of the Association for Evolutionary Economics at the Allied Social Science Association meetings in Atlanta, Georgia, January 4–6, 2002 and published in Journal of Economic Issues in 2002.

Bibliography Citation
Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A. and Elizabeth T. Hill. "How Did We Get Here from There? Movement into Temporary Employment." Journal of Economic Issues 36,2 (June 2002): 303-311.