Hidden Unemployment: Discouraged Workers and Public Policy

by Terry F. Buss and F. Stevens Redburn

This timely and important work addresses the controversy surrounding discouragement among the unemployed. Using an unprecedented set of national and local studies, and drawing on disparate research in nearly every social science discipline, the authors produce an original, highly detailed portrait of discouraged workers. From their analysis they offer recommendations on what can be done to promote employment and reduce long-term dependency on government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275926125
• ISBN13: 9780275926120
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"