1999
DOI: 10.1177/0164027599212004
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Labor Markets and Opportunity Structures

Abstract: This article uses linked county-level and individual-level economic, demographic, and social indicators drawn from three historical U.S. censuses to examine a construct that has been labeled labor market or opportunity structure in historical and demographic multilevel research. Findings are that turn-of-the-twentieth-century localities were diverse opportunity structures that systematically and differentially shaped older men's unemployment rates and their likelihood of work and retirement. This article also … Show more

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