Abstract: The impression that employment in the U.S. has become more part-time intensive
may be driven by a tendency for faster-growing industries to use more
part-time work. I document this association over 1983-1993, and
demonstrate that it is robust to alternative measures. Similar
relationships are discernable in several countries. However, the
association does not emerge clearly in the U.S. until the
1980s. Moreover, both relative growth rates and
relative part-time intensities of industries have changed markedly
since 1940. Part-time work at fast-growing industries is not more
likely to be involuntary, although this may be true for entering
workers, nor is there a trend in that direction.
Keywords: Part-time, full-time
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