Labor in the new economy / edited by Katharine G. Abraham, James R. Spletzer, and Michael Harper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (2007 : Bethesda, Md.)

Contributor:

Abraham, Katharine G.

Spletzer, James.

Harper, Michael J.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 71.

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--United States--Congresses.

Labor market.

Wage differentials--United States--Congresses.

Wage differentials.

Job security--United States--Congresses.

Job security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how these changes affect workers. In this book, leading economists examine a variety of important trends in the new economy, including inequality of earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace safety and health. In order to better understand these vital issues, scholars must be able to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, Labor in the New Economy also addresses a host of measurement issues: from the treatment of outliers, imputation methods, and weighting in the context of specific surveys to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. At a time when employment is a central concern for individuals, businesses, and the government, this volume provides important insight into the recent past and will be a useful tool for researchers in the future.

Contents:

Front matter

National Bureau of Economic Research

Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research

Contents

Prefatory Note

Introduction

1. What Do We Really Know about Changes in Wage Inequality?

2. Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality

3. Are the New Jobs Good Jobs?

4. New Data for Answering Old Questions Regarding Employee Stock Options

5. Adjusted Estimates of Worker Flows and Job Openings in JOLTS

6. Job Loss and the Decline in Job Security in the United States

7. What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States?: Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys

8. Measuring Tradable Services and the Task Content of Offshorable Services Jobs

9. Why Do BLS Hours Series Tell Different Stories about Trends in Hours Worked?

10. The Effect of Population Aging on the Aggregate Labor Market

11. Emerging Labor Market Trends and Workplace Safety and Health

12. Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes revised versions of the papers and discussions presented at the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, held in Bethesda, Maryland, Nov. 16-17, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612901720

9781282901728

1282901729

9780226001463

0226001466

OCLC:

693761471