A future of good jobs? : America's challenge in the global economy / Timothy J. Bartik, Susan N. Houseman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartik, Timothy J.

Houseman, Susan N., 1956-

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--United States--Congresses.

Labor market.

Labor supply--United States--Congresses.

Labor supply.

Manpower policy--United States--Congresses.

Manpower policy.

Industrial management.

United States.

Industrial management--United States--Congresses.

Occupational training--United States--Congresses.

Occupational training.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 327 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction and overview / Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman

Are skills the problem?: reforming the education and training system in the United States / Robert I. Lerman

Revising employers' role in sponsoring and financing health insurance and medical care / Katherine Swartz

Trade and immigration: implications for the U.S. labor market / Lori G. Kletzer

Removing barriers to work for older Americans / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman

Improving job quality: policies aimed at the demand side of the low-wage labor market / Paul Osterman

Boosting the earnings and employment of low-skilled workers in the United States: making work pay and removing barriers to employment and social mobility / Steven Raphael.

Notes:

The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780880993319

0880993316

9780880993326

0880993324

OCLC:

191846913