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Other authors / contributors: | Polachek, S. W.
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ISBN: | 9780080521749 0080521746 9781849501309 1849501300 0762308338 9780762308330
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
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Summary: | 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.
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Other form: | Print version: Worker wellbeing in a changing labor market. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001 0762308338 9780762308330
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