Cumulative Effects on Weight Due to an Initial Occupational Choice as a Blue Collar Worker

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-442
Author(s):  
Bogdan Nedanov ◽  
Charles R Link
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Cumulative Effects ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Worker

scholarly journals A Case Study Exploration of Blue-Collar Worker Retirement Plan Investment Decisions

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Griffin ◽  
Steven Tippins
Keyword(s):  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Worker ◽  
Treasury Bonds ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
New Family ◽  
Retirement Accounts ◽  
Participant Group ◽  
Retirement Investment

The finances of blue-collar workers were the most acutely impacted as these workers lost their jobs during the Great Recession of 2007 through 2009. The literature revealed a minimal understanding of how blue-collar workers allocated funds for their retirement, and what their investments might be when they invested. To address this problem, the current qualitative study addressed (a) how blue-collar workers chose to invest or not invest for retirement and (b) how blue-collar workers diversified their portfolio if they chose to invest. Theoretical foundations of the study were based on regret theory and prospect theory. A nonrandom purposeful sample of 10 blue-collar worker participants answered 19 open-ended questions. Data from these questions were analyzed inductively. Findings revealed that, as participants reached the age of 30, they started to consider investing for their retirement. Participants under the age of 30 were not as likely to invest. Only one person over the age of 30 did not invest for retirement. The factors that contributed to these blue-collar workers’ investment decisions for retirement were based on an employer-provided retirement accounts, the fear of running out of money later in life during retirement, and the addition of new family members. One of the most popular retirement investment products for the participant group, which included mechanics, laborers, and material movers, was the U.S. Treasury bonds. Other popular investments were mutual funds, 401(k)s, and IRAs. These findings may inform researchers who are conducting a study on the investment decisions of blue-collar workers. The findings can also be beneficial for other blue-collar workers by showing them that other blue-collar workers do invest, and by revealing their rationales in doing so.

Shifting Meanings in a Blue-Collar Worker Philanthropy Program

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa K. Gibson ◽  
Nancy M. Schullery
Keyword(s):  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Worker

Bargaining Regimes and Wage Dispersion

2006 ◽  
Vol 226 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Gerlach ◽  
Gesine Stephan
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Worker ◽  
Quality Indices ◽  
Wage Setting ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Worker Quality ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Employee Data ◽  
Selection Of

SummaryCollective wage contracts impose restrictions on wage-setting. We utilize German linked employer-employee data for blue-collar worker to compute the dispersion of wages and wage components within and across firms under three different wage-setting regimes: Establishments applying industry-wide collective contracts, establishments with firm-level contracts and uncovered establishments. The empirical analysis confirms a lower dispersion of wages and in particular “worker quality indices” for firms applying sectoral collective contracts compared to companies in the other two wage-setting regimes. Between the years 1990, 1995 and 2001 the dispersion of wages increases, and this is valid too for firms covered by industry-wide collective contracts. A sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the results retain their statistical significance and do not change qualitatively if we modify the minimum firm size (establishments with at least 50,100 and 250 employees) or take into account the endogeneity of tenure or self-selection of workers into bargaining regimes.

scholarly journals The millennial doctor – A blue collar worker?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orod Osanlou ◽  
Richard Hull
Keyword(s):  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Worker
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