Available Labor Force in Southern Middle Tennessee:
An Underemployment Study

For Local Workforce Investment Area 6 and Industrial Development Boards of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, and Warren Counties (January 20, 2010)

By Murat Arik, Ph.D., Associate Director, and David A. Penn, Ph.D., Director and Associate Professor

COVER (pdf)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (pdf)

I. INTRODUCTION (pdf)

            I.A. Study Region

            I.B. Study Tasks, Research Questions, and Study Rationale                               

II. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND METHOD OF INQUIRY (pdf)

            II.A. Definitions: Available Labor Force                                                          

            II.B. Survey Design                                                                                          

            II.C. Polling

            II.D. Analysis of Survey Data                                                                           

III. FINDINGS: AVAILABLE LABOR FORCE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS (pdf)

            III.A. Surveys Completed

            III.B. Population Characteristics

            III.C. Available Labor Force in the Seven-County Region                                

            III.D. Characteristics of Potentially Available Labor Force in the Seven-County Region

            III.E. Specific Case Studies: Characteristics of the Underemployed                

            III.F. Specific Case Studies: Characteristics of the Unemployed                     

            III.G. Specific Case Studies: Characteristics of All Marginally Attached         

IV. CONCLUSION (pdf)

V.  REFERENCES (pdf)

APPENDIX I. SURVEY (pdf)

APPENDIX II. SURVEY SAMPLING REPORT (pdf)

APPENDIX III. ADDITIONAL TABLES (pdf)

COMPLETE REPORT (pdf)

PRESENTATION (pdf)

 

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