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Labor Force Activity (labor + force_activity)

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Humanities and Social Sciences	50%

Selected Abstracts

Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants?

JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT, Issue 3 2001
David A. Reingold
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross-sectional survey data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that urban public housing is strongly associated with neighborhood disadvantage but has little or no direct effect on either social capital or labor force activity. And while public housing may have indirect effects on social capital and labor force activity through neighborhood poverty, these indirect effects appear to be small. These findings have implications for the current emphasis in urban public housing policy on moving residents into the private housing market and reducing poverty concentration. © 2001 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. [source]

Challenging Myths of Muslim Women: The Influence of Islam On Arab-Arnerican Women's Labor Force Activity

THE MUSLIM WORLD, Issue 1-2 2002
Jen'nan Ghazal Read
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Cultural Influences on Immigrant Women's Labor Force Participation: The Arab-American Case,

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, Issue 1 2004
Jen'nan Ghazal Read
Research on the economic activity of immigrant women has flourished in recent years. The current study extends this literature to examine the labor force activity of Arab-American women, a group whose labor market experiences provide an exception to hitherto accepted theoretical explanations. The employment rates of Arab immigrant women rank among the lowest of any immigrant group, while the rates of native-born Arab-American women resemble those of U.S.-born white women. This study examines potential explanations for these differences using data from the U.S. Census and a national mail survey of Arab-American women. Contrary to findings for other immigrant groups, differences among Arab-American women cannot be explained by their human capital characteristics or family resources, but are almost entirely due to traditional cultural norms that prioritize women's family obligations over their economic activity, and to ethnic and religious social networks that encourage the maintenance of traditional gender roles. This study concludes by underscoring the need for additional research on the impact of culture on immigrant women's employment. [source]