How Do Employer Practices Affect Economic Mobility?
Erin L. Kelly,
Hazhir Rahmandad,
Nathan Wilmers
et al.
Abstract:How can employers facilitate economic mobility for workers, particularly workers of color or those without a college degree? The authors integrate a fragmented literature to assess how employers’ practices affect enhanced economic security and mobility. This article first identifies three pathways linking employers’ practices to mobility: improving material job quality, increasing access to better jobs for historically marginalized workers, and promoting sustainability of employment. The authors provide a crit… Show more
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