{"title":"Intersectional Occupational Crowding: Labor Market Stratification Amongst Women Workers in New Orleans","authors":"Anastasia C. Wilson","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2021.1899015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2021.1899015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This descriptive paper examines racial and gender patterns of employment in New Orleans Louisiana using the 2018 American Communities Survey microdata in the context of the post-Katrina economy, with a focus on women workers. This paper reviews the literature on occupational crowding, and then uses a simple measure of crowding to analyze the local labor market focusing on an intersectional lens to examine patterns by race and ethnicity, gender, as well as additionally important dimensions of citizenship and age. A review of the literature shows the proliferation of these low-wage service occupations as associated with the redevelopment trajectory of New Orleans, as well as broader trends in the service economy. This paper then discusses how such a case study in the context of the “New New Orleans” can help to pose further research questions about occupational crowding, including methodologies for measurement, the relationship between crowding patterns and changes in service work, and how specific local and regional policy and redevelopment decisions shape crowding patterns.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"50 1","pages":"232 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2021.1899015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41689302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Geographic Redistribution of Income in the United States, 1969–2019: Examining the Role of Federal Policy","authors":"John Posey","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2021.1886143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2021.1886143","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Prior research on regional differences in income levels has focused almost exclusively on market mechanisms that affect wages. This article argues that federal policy has had significant effects on changes in regional income inequality, and that these effects have rarely been analyzed. Since 1969, an increase in transfer payments and financial deregulation have increased the share of national income going to transfers and financial income. To show how these changes played out spatially, this article offers a decomposition of the difference in income growth between ten of the fastest-growing metropolitan regions and the United States as a whole, for the period 1969–2019. In most of the regions with the fastest income growth, financial and transfer income account for most of the difference in income growth rates between region and nation. Literature on regional income inequality would benefit from paying more attention to unearned income, and from engaging more fully with literature on financialization.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"51 1","pages":"361 - 376"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2021.1886143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45502367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariadna Ramos-Gomez, Aldo A. Pérez-Escatel, Elio-Atenógenes Villaseñor-García, C. Ramos-Remus
{"title":"An infodemiology approach to assess the impact of unemployment on anxiety and depression in France","authors":"Ariadna Ramos-Gomez, Aldo A. Pérez-Escatel, Elio-Atenógenes Villaseñor-García, C. Ramos-Remus","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2021.1880461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2021.1880461","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mental health is a key factor for productivity and an indicator of the general well-being of the population. There has been growing evidence in past years that unemployment negatively affects the mental health of the population and, hence, reduces its overall well-being. This study assesses the unemployment and mental health correlation and, specifically, whether depression and anxiety increased due to the rise in unemployment during the 2009 debt crisis in France. We followed an infodemiology approach by first creating a distress index that accounted for all depression and anxiety-related words. Then, by mobilizing Google Trends data, we used diverse economic- and employment-related datasets for France as covariates in multiple linear regression analyses. This study is one of the first to use broad search terms through a distress index that was not restricted to the words “depression” and “anxiety,” but also considered associated terms that individuals may use when seeking information on depression and anxiety. This is also one of the first studies to introduce an infodemiology approach to health economics in France. The results showed that for each unit of additional demand for unemployment benefit, the search traffic for the distress index increased by 0.09%, a positive increase that was minor. The mild effect of demand for unemployment benefits on the distress index may be explained by aspects of social protection policies in France. This paper includes valuable policy suggestions, whereof policymakers could benefit from.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"52 1","pages":"185 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2021.1880461","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47233724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reinserting Ethics in Economics: Some Thoughts Springing from Recent Related Contributions","authors":"Ricardo F. Crespo","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2021.1883089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2021.1883089","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This essay on ethics and economics stems from reading and reviewing three recent books on this topic: Wilfred Dolfsma and Ioana Negru (eds.), The Ethical Formation of Economists; Peter Rona and Laszlo Zsolnai (eds.), Economics as a Moral Science, and Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit. What’s Become of the Common Good? Before reviewing the books, the essay provides information and develops the author's position on the topic.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"52 1","pages":"114 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2021.1883089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45787637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suneila Gokhool, V. Tandrayen‐Ragoobur, H. Kasseeah
{"title":"A Socio-Economic-Political Dimension of Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Suneila Gokhool, V. Tandrayen‐Ragoobur, H. Kasseeah","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2021.1879199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2021.1879199","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper adopts a broader perspective in studying the determinants of employment. The main objective of the study is to assess the impact of social and political variables on employment levels after accounting for macroeconomic factors. In addition, the paper adopts a gendered dimension to the labour market, as relatively more women tend to be unemployed or have vulnerable jobs in the informal sector. The Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares is applied to analyse the drivers of employment. Data for Sub-Saharan Africa is collected from 1991 to 2016. The findings indicate that higher economic growth; more access to finance and education, low corruption as well as political stability positively affect employment. There is thus evidence to extend existing employment analysis and policy making beyond economic factors to embrace social and political constraints.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"52 1","pages":"22 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2021.1879199","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46731498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Identity and Class Consciousness","authors":"Hardy Hanappi, E. Hanappi-Egger","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2018.1447495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2018.1447495","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The current economic crisis proves how deep the contradictions inherent in contemporary capitalism really are. At the same time it is evident that the financial crisis goes hand in hand with a social crisis, since an increasing number of people lost trust in governments, trade unions, and other representative institutions. A main reason why the European Left nevertheless faces severe challenges in attracting supporters seems to be an experienced loss of what has been called ‘working class identity’ in earlier times. This development has been fueled by the continuing debate on ‘identity constructions’ as proposed, e.g. by post-modernist scholars referring to ‘fluid’ and ambiguous concepts of identity and strictly denying any social categorization. So, there is a gap between the loss of working-class identity on one hand and the focus on merely social identities on the other hand. To bridge this gap the two trajectories have to be linked. Thus, it is proposed to reflect the whole discussion on ‘working class identity’ in the light of exploitation referring to classical political economy, but additionally to integrate social identity constructions by reviving the concept of alienation.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"50 1","pages":"124 - 151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2018.1447495","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43842746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inequality and Economic Stratification: Reflections on Bromley, Piketty, and Obeng-Odoom","authors":"S. Seguino","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2020.1864433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2020.1864433","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The rise of economic inequality is a major global problem, one that economists have an important role in explaining and addressing through policy. Despite increased availability of data, our theoretical understanding of the dynamics of inequality, its persistence, and policies to address this problem remain in their infancy. The new subfield of stratification economics focuses on intergroup inequality by race and gender and offers a useful lens through which to explore the complexity of interacting systems of inequality. This article evaluates three recently published books on inequality through that lens.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"50 1","pages":"243 - 251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2020.1864433","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47528655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Governance, Inequality and Inclusive Education in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"S. Asongu, S. Diop, Amsalu K. Addis","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2020.1856166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2020.1856166","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study provides thresholds of income inequality that if exceeded will nullify the positive effect of governance dynamics on gender-inclusive education in 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004–2014. The Generalised Method of Moments is used as an estimation strategy. The following findings are established. First, the unconditional effects of governance dynamics on inclusive education are consistently positive whereas the corresponding conditional effects from the interaction between inequality and governance dynamics are consistently negative. Second, the levels of inequality that completely crowd-out the positive incidence of governance on inclusive ‘primary and secondary education’ are: 0.587 for the rule of law and 0.565 for corruption-control. Third, the levels of inequality that completely dampen the positive incidence of governance on inclusive ‘secondary education’ are: 0.601 for ‘voice & accountability’ and 0.700 for regulation quality. Fourth, for tertiary education, inequality thresholds are respectively 0.568 for political stability and 0.562 for corruption-control. The main policy implication is that for governance dynamics to promote inclusive education in the sampled countries, income inequality levels should be kept within the established thresholds. Other implications are discussed in the light of Sustainable Development Goals.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"52 1","pages":"43 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2020.1856166","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42365122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thibaud Deguilhem, Michelle Vernot-López, B. Delmas
{"title":"Quality of Employment in Bogotá (Colombia): Concept, Method and Evidence","authors":"Thibaud Deguilhem, Michelle Vernot-López, B. Delmas","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2020.1843515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2020.1843515","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The concept of quality of employment is a helpful response to different conceptualisations and typologies’ failures in the analysis of the diversity of labour institutions in Latin America. The authors with the help of an original methodology combining socio-economic dimensions in a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), construct a multidimensional indicator. Analysing individual data coming from a household survey in Bogotá for 2013, they found a clear polarization in the quality of employment distribution, transcending the classical typologies. Finally, this original and contextualized measure seems to be useful to describe precisely the complexity of the labour market institutions.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"51 1","pages":"319 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2020.1843515","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48334448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China Special Issue A Introduction: Economic Growth, Social Policy, and Technological Development","authors":"Zhi Wang, Lefteris Giovanis","doi":"10.1080/07360932.2020.1841666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2020.1841666","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract China’s rapid economic development has attracted the interest of many scholars following its emergence as the world’s second largest economy and stimulated research into the underlying factors that may have made this development difficult to overlook. In advancing research, papers included in Issue A help with refining our understanding of the forces that have been driving China’s social-economic, political, and technological developments, addressing the related issues, thus, advancing the social economic literature in its influence in the world, specifically, within the China context.","PeriodicalId":42478,"journal":{"name":"Forum for Social Economics","volume":"50 1","pages":"253 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07360932.2020.1841666","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42533237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}