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The Family and Community Impacts of Underemployment

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The consequences of underemployment do not end with the individual. Families are affected when a parent is forced into reduced working hours. Marital strain, difficulties with children, changing relationships with extended family and friends, and material hardship can all follow from underemployment. Communities also suffer when a plant closing forces an entire group of residents into jobs well below their education level. Accordingly, underemployment may impact crime rates and political participation, and put a drain on both material and social resources at the community level.

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  1. Department of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    David S. Pedulla

  2. Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Katherine S. Newman

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    Douglas C. Maynard

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Pedulla, D.S., Newman, K.S. (2011). The Family and Community Impacts of Underemployment. In: Maynard, D., Feldman, D. (eds) Underemployment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9413-4_12

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