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Title: Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment
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Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. Thrall, Charles A. |
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Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 418,1 (March 1975): 45-59. Also: http://ann.sagepub.com/content/418/1/45.abstract Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior; Job Search; Social Security; Unemployment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper argues that the official definition of unemployment does not accurately consider the actual population available for work. The behavior involved in actively seeking employment is subject to a normative bias resulting from expectations, from feelings of obligations, sense of right to a job, and ease in accomplishing the job search. These expectations are a part of "job rationing ideology" which is present in Social Security regulations, which conceals the level of job shortage while alleviating strain which would otherwise result. Secondary analysis of data for women 30 to 44 supports a model of continuum of attachment to employment. Finally, normative considerations must be recognized in order to improve methods of determining labor supply; otherwise a failure to use such methods would be a barrier to intelligent economic and social planning. |
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Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. and Charles A. Thrall. "Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 418,1 (March 1975): 45-59.
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