In this Book
A Future of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy
Book
2008
Published by:
W.E. Upjohn Institute
summary
"Timothy Bartik and Susan Houseman have assembled a first-rate team of economists to assess the problems of struggling workers. They offer cogent analyses of America's workplace problems. More important, they provide a timely set of prescriptions to address those problems. Many writers wring their hands at the challenges facing workers who are at the bottom of the pay ladder. The authors of this volume focus on the more difficult task of crafting humane but tough-minded solutions to the problem of shrinking wages." –Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page, Copyright
pp. v-vi
Contents
pp. vii
Acknowledgments
pp. ix
1- Introduction and Overview
pp. 1-16
2 - Are Skills the Problem: Reforming the Education and Training System in the United States
pp. 17-80
3 - Revising Employersâ Role in Sponsoring and Financing Health Insurance and Medical Care
pp. 81-118
4 -Trade and Immigration: Implications for the U.S. Labor Market
pp. 119-160
5 - Removing Barriers to Work for Older Americans
pp. 161-201
6 - Improving Job Quality: Policies Aimed at the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market
pp. 203-244
7 - Boosting the Earnings and Employment of Low-Skilled Workers in the United States: Making Work Pay and Removing Barriers to Employment and Social Mobility
pp. 245-304
The Authors
pp. 305-306
Index
pp. 307-325
About the Institute
pp. 327
| ISBN | 9780880994446 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780880993319 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 221699387 |
| Pages | 327 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |


