Theories of Poverty and Underemployment: Orthodox, Radical, and Dual Labor Market Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 0669816043
- ISBN-13
- 9780669816044
- Category
- Hard-core unemployed
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1972
- Publisher
- Lexington, Mass : Lexington Books
- Author
- David M. Gordon
Description
Theoretical study of underemployment based on a comparison of economic theories concerning the persistence of poverty among low income Blacks and other urban area minority groups in the USA - considers the labour market segmentation theory regarding the tendency to remain in jobs providing poor chances of promotion, low wages, etc., and discusses labour mobility and unemployment. Bibliography pp. 149 to 168.
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