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Moonlighting In The United States, Jean Kimmel
Moonlighting In The United States, Jean Kimmel
Employment Research Newsletter
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Who Moonlights And Why? Evidence From The Sipp, Jean Kimmel, Karen Smith Conway
Who Moonlights And Why? Evidence From The Sipp, Jean Kimmel, Karen Smith Conway
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Multiple job-holding is a significant characteristic of the labor market, with approximately 6 percent of all employed males reporting a second job in 1993 (Mishel and Bernstein, 1995, p. 226). Moonlighting reflects growing financial stress arising from declining earnings, as well as an increased need for flexibility to combine work and family. Approximately 40 percent of moonlighters report taking the second job due to economic hardship. Additionally, moonlighting is a reflection of the worker's choice to pursue entrepreneurial activities while maintaining the financial stability offered by the primary job. To restate in economic terminology, moonlighting arises from at least two …
Pension Incentives And Job Mobility, Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
Pension Incentives And Job Mobility, Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
Upjohn Press
Using models developed for this study which incorporate an array of behaviors generally omitted from conventional models relating backloading to turnover, Gustman and Steinmeier find that backloading plays only a slight role in explaining mobility differences associated with pension coverage. They propose that higher wages often paid at pension-covered jobs play a greater role in reducing mobility than do pensions.