The Sources of Worker Anxiety: Evidence from the Michigan Survey

Abstract

This paper uses individual responses from the Michigan SRC survey of consumer attitudes to examine worker anxiety. It identifies "anxious" households (those that express some concern about the job security) and analyzes some factors that might be driving this angst. It found that a little more than a quarter of households revealed concerns about job security. Also, the results suggest that less educated households (those lacking a high school diploma) were significantly more likely to be concerned about job loss as were black or Asian households.

JEL Classification: J0, R2