Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 432 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0762308338
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9780762308330
Serie:
Research in labor economics 20
Inhalt:
How do workers fare in a continually changing labor market? This volume contains fifteen original scientific papers each examining how socio-economic changes affect worker wellbeing. Among the findings are: (1) Most increases in female labor force participation occur among women with high husbands' earnings, dispelling the myth that shrinking husbands' relative earnings cause women's work activities to rise. (2) Increased globalization equalizes pay between but expands pay within corporate establishments. (3) High quality colleges widen the earnings distribution for top earners but only neglig
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references
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Front Cover; WORKER WELLBEING IN A CHANGING LABOR MARKET; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. INTERGENERATIONAL LABOR MARKET AND WELFARE CONSEQUENCES OF POOR HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS OF OLDER MEN; CHAPTER 3. ABUSE AND WORK AMONG POOR WOMEN: EVIDENCE FROM WASHINGTON STATE ; CHAPTER 4. EARLY TEST SCORES, SCHOOL QUALITY AND SES: LONGRUN EFFECTS ON WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES; CHAPTER 5. COLLEGE QUALITY AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS
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CHAPTER 6. WORKER TRAINING IN A RESTRUCTURING ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM THE RUSSIAN TRANSITION CHAPTER 7. A COMPARISON OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND SIGNALING MODELS: THE CASE OF THE SELF-EMPLOYED AND THE INCREASE IN THE SCHOOLING PREMIUM IN THE 1980S ; CHAPTER 8. DO RETURNS TO HUMAN CAPITAL EQUALIZE ACROSS OCCUPATIONAL PATHS?; CHAPTER 9. HAS COMPENSATION BECOME MORE FLEXIBLE? ; CHAPTER 10. SKILL-BIASED TECHNICAL CHANGE AND TRENDS IN EMPLOYER SIZE EFFECTS ; CHAPTER 11. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND DEMAND-SIDE FORCES
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CHAPTER 12. REVISING WOMEN'S PREFERENCES ABOUT FUTURE LABOR FORCE ATTACHMENT: WHAT EFFECTS DO THEY HAVE ON EARNINGS, AND WHAT ARE THEY AFFECTED BY? CHAPTER 13. GETTING AHEAD: THE DETERMINANTS OF AND PAYOFFS TO INTERNAL PROMOTION FOR YOUNG U.S. MEN AND WOMEN; CHAPTER 14. LOOKING AGAIN AT INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ESTIMATION OF WAGE MODELS IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP LITERATURE; CHAPTER 15. LESS-SKILLED WORKERS, WELFARE REFORM, AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Worker wellbeing in a changing labor market Amsterdam [u.a.] : JAI, 2001 ISBN 0762308338
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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Mehr zum Autor:
Polachek, Solomon W. 1945-
