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The U.S. labor market is the most laissez faire of any developed nation, with a weak social safety net and little government regulation compared to Europe or Japan. Some economists point to this hands-off approach as the source of America's low unemployment and high per-capita income. But the stagnant living standards and rising economic insecurity many Americans now face take some of the luster off the U.S. model. In America Works, noted economist Richard Freeman reveals how U.S. policies have created a labor market remarkable both for its dynamism and its disparities. America Works takes readers on a grand tour of America's exceptional labor market, comparing the economic institutions and ...
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
Based on data from the Worker Representation and Participation Survey (WRPS) conducted in 1994, provides an account of employee's attitudes about participation, representation, and regulation on the job.
A book in the New Democratic Forum, published in conjunction with the "Boston Review", this volume addresses the problems of the new economy of the United States and clearly assesses the possibilities of narrowing these extremes.
This volume brings together a massive body of much-needed research information on a problem of crucial importance to labor economists, policy makers, and society in general: unemployment among the young. The thirteen studies detail the ambiguity and inadequacy of our present standard statistics as applied to youth employment, point out the error in many commonly accepted views, and show that many critically important aspects of this problem are not adequately understood. These studies also supply a significant amount of raw data, furnish a platform for further research and theoretical work in labor economics, and direct attention to promising avenues for future programs.
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Includes Geographical index (earlier called Geographical section).