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Austerity in America: gender and community consequences of restructuring the public sector

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  • Amy K. Glasmeier
  • Christa R. Lee-Chuvala

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One in three jobs is generated by the public sector and requires workers with advanced schooling. Since the 1970s, private sector wages for men have stagnated while their educational attainment rates have slumped. Women now fill the gap. Whether married or single, they are first seeking education and then entering the workforce. Comprising over 50% of public sector employment, women's numbers increase when healthcare and education are taken into account. A new era of austerity will negatively affect US communities and families and particularly women, as the public sector contracts in line with reduced tax revenues and rising structural debt levels. Copyright 2011, Oxford University Press.

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  • Amy K. Glasmeier & Christa R. Lee-Chuvala, 2011. "Austerity in America: gender and community consequences of restructuring the public sector," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 4(3), pages 457-474.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:4:y:2011:i:3:p:457-474
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    1. Yuanshuo Xu & Mildred E. Warner, 2015. "Understanding employment growth in the recession: the geographic diversity of state rescaling," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 8(2), pages 359-377.
    2. Perugini, Cristiano & Žarković Rakić, Jelena & Vladisavljević, Marko, 2016. "Austerity and gender wage inequality in EU countries," MPRA Paper 76306, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie L. & Oden, Michael D. & Gibson, David V. & Johnston, Evan A., 2018. "Unintended consequences on gender diversity of high-tech growth and labor market polarization," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(1), pages 209-217.
    4. Austin M Aldag & Yunji Kim & Mildred E Warner, 2019. "Austerity urbanism or pragmatic municipalism? Local government responses to fiscal stress in New York State," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(6), pages 1287-1305, September.
    5. Turley Gerard & McNena Stephen & Robbins Geraldine, 2018. "Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession," Administration, Sciendo, vol. 66(4), pages 1-24, December.

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