Regional wage inequality in the United States furniture industry

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dc.contributor.authorPegram, Kenten
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:05Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:05Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-12en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates regional average hourly wage differences in the United States furniture industry. County level census data used to compare average wages in the South with average wages in the non-South showed a considerably lower wage structure in the South. Regression models suggest wage variation is strongly influenced by factors related to economic organization, and moderately influenced by labor market characteristics, urbanization, and product type; however, region provides the single best estimate of wages. Dividing the sample into South and non-South subsamples and constructing separate regression models increased the predictive power of the models in the non-South, but failed to predict wage rates in the South.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 73 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122009-040504en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-040504/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41449en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.P432.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 23991775en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.P432en
dc.subject.lcshWages -- Furniture workers -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshWages -- Sunbelt Statesen
dc.subject.lcshWages -- United States -- Regional disparitiesen
dc.titleRegional wage inequality in the United States furniture industryen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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