The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-
date treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by …

Since technological change influences the rate at which human capital obsolesces and also
increases the uncertainty associated with human capital investments, training may increase …

Previous studies have found that although women have higher initial quit rates than men,
the quit rates of the two groups converge as time on the job lengthens. This study of …

This paper examines the consequences of initial periods of “churning” or “mobility” in the
labor market, to help assess whether faster transitions to stable employment relationships …

To explore when and why workplace training facilitates the retention of first-time workers
from historically underrepresented groups in formal employment, I combine ethnographic …

We use linked data for 1460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace
Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee …

This study addresses three important questions that may have substantial implications for
gender inequalities in the labor market. First, are women more content with their jobs than …

In policy debates, the US education and training (ET) system is often blamed for the nation's
eroding position in the world economy. Long-term international analysis reveals little …

I analyze the job separation process to learn about gender differences in job separation
rates and employment stability. An essential finding is that employer-employee data are …

Jobs are essential for the growth of individuals and countries alike. Achieving personal
fulfillment is harder without a job, just as an economy as a whole cannot develop without the …