Author: Daniel Immergluck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351045938
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Originally published in 1998, Neighbourhood Jobs, Race, and Skills argues that race is a powerful and persistent barrier to employment. Analysing existing literature, this book outlines how racial discrimination in hiring against African Americans appears to remain a contributor to high unemployment rates in black neighbourhoods. The book also discusses how issues such as poor schools and physical and social isolation compound employment problems, as well as changes in policy on skill requirements and the location of jobs. The book argues that combined, this is a major contributor to concentrated urban employment and poverty.
Neighborhood Jobs, Race, and Skills
Author: Daniel Immergluck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351045938
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Originally published in 1998, Neighbourhood Jobs, Race, and Skills argues that race is a powerful and persistent barrier to employment. Analysing existing literature, this book outlines how racial discrimination in hiring against African Americans appears to remain a contributor to high unemployment rates in black neighbourhoods. The book also discusses how issues such as poor schools and physical and social isolation compound employment problems, as well as changes in policy on skill requirements and the location of jobs. The book argues that combined, this is a major contributor to concentrated urban employment and poverty.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351045938
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Originally published in 1998, Neighbourhood Jobs, Race, and Skills argues that race is a powerful and persistent barrier to employment. Analysing existing literature, this book outlines how racial discrimination in hiring against African Americans appears to remain a contributor to high unemployment rates in black neighbourhoods. The book also discusses how issues such as poor schools and physical and social isolation compound employment problems, as well as changes in policy on skill requirements and the location of jobs. The book argues that combined, this is a major contributor to concentrated urban employment and poverty.
Unemployment in the Urban Core
Author: Stanley L. Friedlander
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
USA. Monograph examining the labour markets of thirty urban areas in order to analyse the causes of unemployment, with particular reference to slum areas - discusses economic factors (incl. The industrial structure of urban markets, labour supply, wage rates, etc.), structural factors (incl. In respect of education, health, welfare, discrimination, etc.), youth and Black unemployment problems, employment policy, etc. References and statistical tables.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
USA. Monograph examining the labour markets of thirty urban areas in order to analyse the causes of unemployment, with particular reference to slum areas - discusses economic factors (incl. The industrial structure of urban markets, labour supply, wage rates, etc.), structural factors (incl. In respect of education, health, welfare, discrimination, etc.), youth and Black unemployment problems, employment policy, etc. References and statistical tables.
Reducing Urban Unemployment
Author: William H. McCarthy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933729063
Category : Structural unemployment
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This booklet considers the problems of urban unemployment and presents 21 case studies of urban areas dealing with the problem. The first chapter defines urban unemployment and classifies barriers to employment, trends in unemployment, and types of unemployed persons. Chapter 2 describes some general principles necessary to successfully combat the problem on the local level. There are two major considerations which make a program successful: (1) differentiating the groups needing help, i.e., disadvantaged youth, hard to employ adults, and dislocated workers; and within these groups identifying the problem specific to where they live and work; and (2) specifically tailoring the programs to meet the needs identified above. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 present the case studies, subdivided according to the particular group served (disadvantaged youth, hard to employ adults, dislocated workers). Each case study is presented in a summarized form and a contact person is listed at the end of each. The sources of initiative for the variety of programs surveyed include local elected officials (responsible for nine of the 21), private industry (responsible for six), community based organizations (responsible for five), and foundations (responsible for one). (CG)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933729063
Category : Structural unemployment
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This booklet considers the problems of urban unemployment and presents 21 case studies of urban areas dealing with the problem. The first chapter defines urban unemployment and classifies barriers to employment, trends in unemployment, and types of unemployed persons. Chapter 2 describes some general principles necessary to successfully combat the problem on the local level. There are two major considerations which make a program successful: (1) differentiating the groups needing help, i.e., disadvantaged youth, hard to employ adults, and dislocated workers; and within these groups identifying the problem specific to where they live and work; and (2) specifically tailoring the programs to meet the needs identified above. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 present the case studies, subdivided according to the particular group served (disadvantaged youth, hard to employ adults, dislocated workers). Each case study is presented in a summarized form and a contact person is listed at the end of each. The sources of initiative for the variety of programs surveyed include local elected officials (responsible for nine of the 21), private industry (responsible for six), community based organizations (responsible for five), and foundations (responsible for one). (CG)
Urban Illusions
Author: Michael Bernick
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Urban Illusions is the best first-hand account I know of the struggle to solve the employment problem in American cities. Mike Bernick combines a knowledge of the issues as seen from Washington with actual experience leading anti-poverty programs at the local level, a rare combination. He writes extremely well, and he makes shrewd suggestions for where employment policy should go from here. Anybody interested in American social policy will find this book invaluable. Lawrence M. Mead, Author of Beyond Entitlement Urban Illusions goes beyond description of inner city unemployment to consider efforts to reduce the problem. It directly examines the successes and failures that have resulted from past attempts to reduce employment. Although the volume includes data on poverty and government anti-poverty programs, it is written from the perspective of one working on a local, grass-roots level: author Michael Bernick is the founder and executive Director of this outstanding inner city employment program.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Urban Illusions is the best first-hand account I know of the struggle to solve the employment problem in American cities. Mike Bernick combines a knowledge of the issues as seen from Washington with actual experience leading anti-poverty programs at the local level, a rare combination. He writes extremely well, and he makes shrewd suggestions for where employment policy should go from here. Anybody interested in American social policy will find this book invaluable. Lawrence M. Mead, Author of Beyond Entitlement Urban Illusions goes beyond description of inner city unemployment to consider efforts to reduce the problem. It directly examines the successes and failures that have resulted from past attempts to reduce employment. Although the volume includes data on poverty and government anti-poverty programs, it is written from the perspective of one working on a local, grass-roots level: author Michael Bernick is the founder and executive Director of this outstanding inner city employment program.
Structural Unemployment and Urban Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Stabilization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Problems of Urban Unemployment
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unemployed
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unemployed
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Urban Unemployment
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China
Author: Hiroshi Sato
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134303068
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on household incomes. Based on extensive original research, this book redresses this imbalance, examining the issue of unemployment and the problems it has brought for the people of China. Investigating the market outcomes in post-reform urban China, the book focuses on the relationships between unemployment, inequality, and poverty. In addition, the authors provide an analysis on the emerging urban labour market and its stratified structure, job mobility, profit sharing, and the role of social capital. Empirical analysis is supported by rich data from nationally representative urban household and rural migrant surveys, providing the latest picture of the widening inequality in Chinese urban society.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134303068
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on household incomes. Based on extensive original research, this book redresses this imbalance, examining the issue of unemployment and the problems it has brought for the people of China. Investigating the market outcomes in post-reform urban China, the book focuses on the relationships between unemployment, inequality, and poverty. In addition, the authors provide an analysis on the emerging urban labour market and its stratified structure, job mobility, profit sharing, and the role of social capital. Empirical analysis is supported by rich data from nationally representative urban household and rural migrant surveys, providing the latest picture of the widening inequality in Chinese urban society.
Urban Unemployment in Developing Countries
Author: Paul Bairoch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Equilibrium Urban Unemployment
Author: Etienne Wasmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description