Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables viii
4. Charts x
5. Foreword xi
6. Preface xiii
7. CHAPTER I Approaching Labor Underutilization and Labor Marginality 1
8. CHAPTER 2 Who Are the Marginal Workers? 13
9. CHAPTER 3 How Do You Measure Underutilization? 25
10. CHAPTER 4 Data, Methods, and Time Effects 45
11. CHAPTER 5 The Idiosyncrasy Hypothesis: Employment of the Disabled 57
12. CHAPTER 6 The Discrimination Hypothesis: Age 73
13. CHAPTER 7 The Discrimination Hypothesis: Race and Sex 91
14. CHAPTER 8 The Discrimination Hypothesis: Interactions 114
15. CHAPTER 9 The Achievement Hypothesis: Effects of Training 135
16. CHAPTER 10 The Structural Hypothesis: Marginal Jobs 147
17. CHAPTER 11 Conclusions and Recommendations 161
18. APPENDIX A Data Adequacy and Methods 175
19. APPENDIX B Measuring Involuntary Part-time Employment 181
20. APPENDIX C Measuring Underutilization by Level of Income 184
21. APPENDIX D Measuring Mismatch 188
22. Notes 199
23. Bibliography 215
24. Index 227