Work and family in the second decade of the 21st century

M Perry‐Jenkins, N Gerstel - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the second decade of the 21st century, research on work and family from multiple
disciplines flourished. The goal of this review is to capture the scope of this work–family …

[HTML][HTML] Declining job quality in the United States: Explanations and evidence

DR Howell, AL Kalleberg - … : The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of …, 2019 - rsfjournal.org
The declining quality of jobs has emerged as a key challenge for researchers and
policymakers in the twenty-first century. The growing realization that the quality of jobs is …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic work trajectories and their interplay with family over the life course

X Han, JT Mortimer - Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This review examines major bodies of literature, interrelated but usually considered
separately, focused on work trajectories and their intersections with family dynamics through …

Regional diversification and labour market upgrading: local access to skill-related high-income jobs helps workers escaping low-wage employment

Z Elekes, A Baranowska-Rataj… - Cambridge Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article investigates how the evolution of local labour market structure enables or
constrains workers as regards escaping low-wage jobs. Drawing on the network-based …

The network structure of occupations: fragmentation, differentiation, and contagion

KH Lin, K Hung - American Journal of Sociology, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Occupational structure is commonly viewed as either hierarchical or organized around
stable classes. Yet, recent studies have proposed to describe occupational structure as a …

Uncertain time: Precarious schedules and job turnover in the US service sector

J Choper, D Schneider, K Harknett - ILR Review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors develop a model of cumulative disadvantage relating three axes of
disadvantage for hourly workers in the US retail and food service sectors: schedule …

“Stepping-Stone” versus “Dead-End” Jobs: Occupational Structure, Work Experience, and Mobility Out of Low-Wage Jobs

T Mouw, AL Kalleberg… - American Sociological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Does working in a low-wage job lead to increased opportunities for upward mobility, or is it a
dead-end that traps workers? In this article, we examine whether low-wage jobs are …

The geography of polarization, 1950 to 2015

T VanHeuvelen, K Copas - … : The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of …, 2019 - rsfjournal.org
In this article, we ask where affluent and economically insecure households reside. We
examine the economic conditions of the tails of wage distributions in local areas to make …

Does the development of digital economy infrastructure reduce the urban-rural income gap? Theoretical experience and empirical data from China

C Jiang, B Jin - Kybernetes, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Since 2017, China's digital economy has accounted for more than 30% of the
country's GDP. The digital economy has become the main driving force of China's economic …

The shifting life course patterns of wage inequality

S Cheng - Social Forces, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Prior inequality literature has mainly focused on the period trends of inequality. This paper
advances this literature by adopting a cohort approach to examine the age and cohort …