Worker wellbeing in a changing labor market /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 432 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Research in labor economics ; v. 20
Research in labor economics ; v. 20.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11154675
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Other authors / contributors:Polachek, S. W.
ISBN:9780080521749
0080521746
9781849501309
1849501300
0762308338
9780762308330
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Worker wellbeing in a changing labor market. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001 0762308338 9780762308330