The growth in involuntary part-time employment of men and women

This study presents an economic model that explains the growth in involuntary part-time employment. The results of three-stage least squares estimation show that for men and women, similar factors have influenced involuntary part-time employment. Its growth has been encouraged by downturns in the business cycle and expansion of the service sector. Declines in the percent of the population under 5 years of age and increases in the level of skill among the employed have had the opposite effect.