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Who's Not Working and Why : Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market / Frederic L. Pryor, David L. Schaffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge books online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Cognitive learning.
- Skilled labor--Supply and demand.
- Skilled labor.
- United States.
- Skilled labor--Supply and demand--United States.
- Life skills--United States.
- Life skills.
- Cognitive learning--United States.
- Wages--United States.
- Wages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This book presents a view of the operations of the labor market totally different from the conventional wisdom. The authors present data showing on one hand that jobs requiring a high level of education are increasing more slowly than those requiring somewhat fewer educational credentials. On the other hand, these jobs requiring less education are increasing faster than those requiring still less formal education. Additionally, Professors Pryor and Schaffer show how women are replacing men in jobs requiring higher levels of education. Using these insights the authors also explain why wages have become more unequal, why wages in those jobs requiring extra-high cognitive skills have risen and why all other wages have stagnated or fallen in the past quarter century.
- Notes:
- Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2012).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780511664755
- 9780521651523
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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