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The Unemployment Impacts of the Population Turnaround in Northern Lower Michigan.
- Source :
- Rural Sociology; Winter87, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p522-531, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- We examine the effects of the population turnaround on unemployment rates in a nine-county region in northern lower Michigan. Data from census reports and a mailed questionnaire were used to test the following competing hypotheses about unemployment impacts: (1) labor-market infusion (or positive employment impacts), (2) labor-market overload (or negative impact on unemployment and increased competition for jobs), and (3) a mixed model in which the balance of positive and negative impacts differs depending on occupational status. Our major finding is that blue-collar persons (both newcomers and long-term residents) experienced much higher unemployment rates than white-collar persons. In other words, for white-collar strata, labor-market infusion is supported; for blue-collar strata, labor-market overload is supported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- UNEMPLOYMENT
QUESTIONNAIRES
LABOR market
BLUE collar workers
LABOR supply
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00360112
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Rural Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 13082456