Aspects of Worker Well-Being

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1390-7
Verlag: Jai Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 886 g

This volume contains thirteen new and original chapters on topics relating to worker well-being. It deals directly with how economic institutions affect individual and family earnings distributions. Topics covered include job training, worker and firm mobility, unions, collective bargaining, minimum wages, unemployment insurance and schooling. Among the questions answered are: To what extent do greater work hours of women mitigate the widening of the family earnings distribution? To what extent does the decline in unionization widen the distribution of earnings? To what extent do computers expand the earnings distribution? To what extent does the Russian wage distribution change if one accounted for wage arrears? To what extent does business relocation bring about job creation and job destruction? To what extent does maternal education increase childrens education? To what extent do job skills matter for low-income workers? And finally, why do minimum wage increases often fail to lead to increases in unemployment?

- Thirteen new and original chapters containing research on aspects of worker well-being.
- Includes job training, worker and firm mobility, unions, collective bargaining, minimum wages, unemployment insurance and schooling.
- Each chapter written by experts in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polachek, Solomon W.

Polachek, Solomon

Bargain, Olivier

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

EARNINGS INEQUALITY AND MARKET WORK IN HUSBAND-WIFE FAMILIES
EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS AND BUSINESS RELOCATION: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TIME SERIES
WHO PAYS FOR GENERAL TRAINING IN PRIVATE SECTOR BRITAIN?
WAGE ARREARS AND INEQUALITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF PAY: LESSONS FROM RUSSIA
COMPUTERS AND THE WAGE STRUCTURE
THE INFLUENCE OF STOCKS AND FLOWS ON MIGRANTS
LOCATION CHOICES
WAGE AND JOB DYNAMICS AFTER WELFARE REFORM: THE IMPORTANCE OF JOB SKILLS
FIRMS, INDUSTRIES, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: AN ANALYSIS USING EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE DATA
BARGAINING AND ARBITRATION WITH ASYMMETRIC UNCERTAINTY
THE IMPACT OF DEUNIONISATION ON EARNINGS DISPERSION REVISITED
MATERNAL EDUCATION AND CHILD SCHOOLING OUTCOMES IN NEPAL
MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTS ON WAGES, EMPLOYMENT AND PRICES IN BRAZIL
THE EMPLOYMENT-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYMENT CRITERIA

Über Autor(innen)

Solomon W. Polachek is Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University), where he has taught since 1983. He holds appointments in the Economics and Political Science Departments, and from 1996-2000 he served as Dean of the Arts and Sciences College. His Ph.D. is from Columbia University, and he has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Princeton.