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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"low-income workers"”.
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Social support and work-family conflict amongst low-income workers in South Africa: the relationship between social support and work-family conflict amongst low-income workers in South Africa
Although most workers are challenged by competing work and family demands, lowincome workers are under-represented in work-family research. Work-family conflict (WFC) dynamics differ for low-income workers, who generally differ in access and resources available to higher-wage workers inside and …
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Improving access to jobs via effective public transportation : a planning framwork for mobility in San Juan
… on their ability to help welfare recipients and low-income workers reach employment. Empirical results show that concentrated poverty severely reduces low-income workers' job accessibility by forcing them to compete more intensely with one another for a limited supply of employment. In addition, …
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The relationship between organisational justice perceptions, organisational trust and willingness to engage in protest action for higher wages among low-income employees in South Africa
… losses for organisations and loss of income for protesting employees. It is therefore important to investigate which factors may contribute to low-income workers' decision to protest for higher wages. Based on the theoretical integration of social exchange theory and fairness heuristic …
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A Transport Justice Evaluation of Employer-Based Transit Subsidies
… of transit subsidies varies significantly by income, and whether the subsidies are significantly associated with accessibility as measured by daily trip levels. I use worker-level data from household travel surveys for 10 of the 22 largest MPOs in the U.S., organized into 7 cases: 1) Atlanta; …
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eThekwini's changing occupational structure : a question of deindustrialization and racial inequality
… sector is argued to result in a loss of middle-income jobs. This is accompanied by large growth of employment in high-income and low-income jobs, resulting in an occupational structure bereft of middle-income jobs and polarised between classes of high-income and low-income workers. Others have …
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HOW DOES INCREASING THE FULL BENEFIT AGE OF SOCIAL SECURITY AFFECT FACTORY WORKERS’ PLANS TO RETIRE?
… work longer. However, research indicates that low income workers have seen little increase in life expectancy. The purpose of this research was to explore the implications of increasing the full benefit age for factory workers to help inform policy makers. A qualitative research design using a …
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Challenges in implementing green workforce development training
… development programs are increasingly training low-income workers for living wage jobs that contribute to environmental services or benefits. Yet, effectively preparing workers for jobs in emergent green economies, which can span many different sectors from energy efficiency to waste management, …
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Inequity in access to paid sick leave in the Seattle area leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic
… to paid sick leave (PSL) by race/ethnicity, income, and sex and to examine the association of PSL access with leave-taking, health behaviors, and respiratory pathogen presence among Seattle-area workers. Methods: Survey responses were collected online and in-person from individuals …
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Work–Family Conflict in Low-Income Households
… benefits. The FMLA was established to protect workers from losing their jobs in case they needed to care for an elderly person or for their children. However, since value is not placed in family structures there has not been much development in that area. The FMLA fails to account for the grand …
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Can the LCCU & 1199SEIU be partners?
… competent at harnessing the collective power of low-income immigrants might successfully combine their strategies to advance the well-being of their mutual constituencies. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the LCCU is a successful community development credit union that delivers financial products …
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Less-skilled workers & the high-technology economy : a regional jobs strategy for Lawrence, MA
… about the nature of disconnects between low-wage cities and high-wage surrounding regions. Lawrence, MA is used as a case study to examine the unique employment structures and practices of local economies. The primary goal of this thesis is to use first-hand research with regional …
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The financial feasibility of marriage for women receiving TANF: An analysis of six states
… the financial feasibility of marriage for low income women. By modeling the income and expenses of eight different low income family types in six states (Arizona, California, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin) this study illustrates the financial situation of various low income …
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From Decent Work to Decent Lives: An Empirical Test of the Outcomes of Decent Work in the Psychology of Working Theory
… common for working South Africans, especially in lower income brackets, not to receive healthcare benefits, which would thus not be expected. The autonomy and relationship aspects of the SDT self-determination need formed one instead of two separate components. This may be a reflection of low …
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Domestic Work as Decent Work: An Empirical Test of the Predictors of Decent Work To Extend the Psychology of Working Theory
… specifically on the work-based experiences of low-income workers. It is thus a suitable theoretical framework to predict and explain the work experiences of individuals performing domestic work, one of the largest work sectors in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to determine whether …
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New opportunities for equity : a critical examination of community development venture capital
… motivated outcomes, namely job creation for low-income workers, while establishing an alternative model to investing in business. This thesis investigates the burgeoning urban CDVC industry through case studies of three organizations, Silicon Valley Community Ventures, Boston Community …
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Three Essays on Econometric Modeling and Application: Health and Consumer Behaviors
… investigates the effect of paid sick leave on workers' decision to receive the seasonal flu vaccination. For this investigation, I apply a Bayesian non-linear structural regression model with one-outcome and two-endogenous equations. The results of my estimation indicate that having paid sick …
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Essays on macro development
… temperatures exhibit less migration in the following year. We show that the magnitude is larger in rural areas. We postulate that in the short run, years with higher-than-usual temperatures reduce rural productivity, decreasing migration from credit-constrained workers who need to pay migration …
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The cost to employers of limiting the catchment size from which they employ their staff. Viola Proctor.
… legacy with excessive commuting distances for low income workers. Climate Change and Peak Oil will cause transport costs to rise. „Low carbon‟ solutions are not viable in developing cities such as Cape Town, where most workers already use public transport and it is unlikely that governments …
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The Accommodation City : Private Low-income Housing and Urban Space in Dhaka and Mumbai
… tends to overlook other forms of ‘in-between’ low-income housing spaces that offer a diversity of arrangements, especially in the face of the rural-urban migration for workers. This dissertation examines the transitory and low-income housing as form, process and space for low-income workers in …
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Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa
… in-depth interviews with 33 black low-income mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, this study gives meaning to the labour of foodwork that these mothers perform. The data were analysed through an intersectional analytic lens to understand how race, class, and gender shape foodwork …
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