Journal Article
Overwork Impacts on Low-Wage Workers: Insights from the Food Manufacturing Sector in Oregon and Washington
Loustaunau, Lola; Kneebone, Elizabeth; Stepick, Lina (2023-10-10)
Unstable scheduling refers to such employer practices as last-minute schedule changes, lack of advance notice, requiring employees to be on-call, split shifts, “clopening,” and variable hours and shift times. Evidence has shown that such practices can lead to underwork, or involuntary part-time hours, particularly for service-sector workers. But another, less-explored dimension of unstable scheduling practices—and the focus of this analysis—is overwork. Overwork stems from practices that can limit the ability of workers to get adequate rest and can heighten the bodily and emotional ...
Community Development Research Brief , Volume 2023 , Issue 3 , Pages 24

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Who Moved and Where Did They Go? An analysis of residential moving patterns in King County, WA between 2002–2017
Hwang, Jackelyn; Shrimali, Bina (2023-01-31)
From 2002-2017, moderate and middle socioeconomic status (SES) King County residents exhibited greater rates of moving compared to the lowest and highest SES residents. Geographically, movement rates were highest in East King County and North Seattle. High-SES residents were the least likely to move during all years.The percentage of King County residents in the high-SES group increased by 8.9 percentage points between 2002 and 2017, while the percentages of middle-, moderate- and lower-SES residents decreased (by 3.3, 3.2, and 2.4 percentage points, respectively).Neighborhoods in Seattle and ...
Community Development Research Brief , Volume 2023 , Issue 01 , Pages 52

Journal Article
A Capital Compromise
Romero, Jessica Sackett (2019-01)
How war debts, states' rights, and a dinner table bargain created Washington, D.C.
Econ Focus , Issue 1Q , Pages 24-26