Still Unstable: The Persistence of Schedule Uncertainty During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought public awareness to the vital role that front-line service sector workers play in our economy and daily lives.
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Democratizing Work: Redistributing power in organizations for a democratic and sustainable future
Environmental destruction and social inequalities are increasingly urgent challenges.
Uncertain Time: Precarious Schedules and Job Turnover in the US Service Sector
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 instability, turnover, and earnings.
Class Inequality in Parental Childcare Time: Evidence from Synthetic Couples in the ATUS
The time that parents spend teaching and playing with their young children has important consequences for later life achievement and attainment.
International migration of unaccompanied minors: trends, health risks, and legal protection
The global population of unaccompanied minors—children and adolescents younger than 18 years who migrate without their legal guardians—is increasing.
Evaluating the Impacts of the Seattle Secure Scheduling Ordinance
To evaluate the impacts of Seattle’s Secure Scheduling legislation on the work schedule experiences of Seattle workers, we surveyed a set of workers paid by the hour and employed at businesses covered
Exploring the Causal Mechanisms Linking Pretrial Detention and Future Penal System Involvement
The Handbook on Pretrial Justice covers the front end of the criminal legal system from pretrial diversion to pretrial detention or release.
Heat has larger impacts on labor in poorer areas
Hotter temperature can reduce labor productivity, work hours, and labor income. The effects of heat are likely to be a joint consequence of both exposure and vulnerability.
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective
In this sweeping international perspective on reparations, Time for Reparations makes the case that past state injustice—be it slavery or colonization, forced sterilization or widespread atrocities—ha
Unstable, unpredictable, and insufficient: Work scheduling in the service sector in New England
The labor of workers in the retail and food service sector – employed at grocery stores, fast food and casual dining restaurants, in hardware and electronics, in retail and working in warehouses, deli
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