Ebook: Sourcebook of Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and Processes

A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a wide range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and public policies, opportunity structures, and economic outcomes.

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A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a wide range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and public policies, opportunity structures, and economic outcomes.

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A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a wide range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and public policies, opportunity structures, and economic outcomes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Emerging Labor Market Structures....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-29
Risk and the Labor Market....Pages 31-60
The U.S. Labor Movement....Pages 61-82
Can the U.S. Industrial Relations System Be Transformed?....Pages 83-100
The Next Long Swing....Pages 101-133
Labor Markets and Economic Transformation in Postcommunist Europe....Pages 135-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-164
Employment Relations and Work Structures in the United States....Pages 165-185
Evolving Employment Relations in the United States....Pages 187-206
Assessing the Decline of Internal Labor Markets....Pages 207-245
The Loose Coupling of Jobs....Pages 247-270
High-Performance Work Systems and Labor Market Structures....Pages 271-293
Careers and Employment Relations....Pages 295-318
Age and the Labor Market....Pages 319-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-354
Trends in Income Inequality in the United States....Pages 355-385
Did Job Quality Deteriorate in the 1980s and 1990s?....Pages 387-407
Seven Reasons for Skepticism about the Technology Story of U.S. Wage Inequality....Pages 409-427
Changing Labor Markets and the U.S. Workforce Development System....Pages 429-448
What Happened to Middle Management?....Pages 449-466
Social Networks, Job Changes, and Recruitment....Pages 467-502
Regional Labor Markets....Pages 503-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-534
Evolving Patterns of Sex Segregation....Pages 535-550
The Sex Gap in Pay and Comparable Worth....Pages 551-565
Employment Discrimination and Its Remedies....Pages 567-599
Hiring in Urban Labor Markets....Pages 601-643
Race and Labor Market Segmentation....Pages 645-668
Immigration and Labor Markets in the United States....Pages 669-703
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
Evolving Labor Markets....Pages 707-722
Back Matter....Pages 723-766

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A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a wide range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and public policies, opportunity structures, and economic outcomes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Emerging Labor Market Structures....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-29
Risk and the Labor Market....Pages 31-60
The U.S. Labor Movement....Pages 61-82
Can the U.S. Industrial Relations System Be Transformed?....Pages 83-100
The Next Long Swing....Pages 101-133
Labor Markets and Economic Transformation in Postcommunist Europe....Pages 135-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-164
Employment Relations and Work Structures in the United States....Pages 165-185
Evolving Employment Relations in the United States....Pages 187-206
Assessing the Decline of Internal Labor Markets....Pages 207-245
The Loose Coupling of Jobs....Pages 247-270
High-Performance Work Systems and Labor Market Structures....Pages 271-293
Careers and Employment Relations....Pages 295-318
Age and the Labor Market....Pages 319-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-354
Trends in Income Inequality in the United States....Pages 355-385
Did Job Quality Deteriorate in the 1980s and 1990s?....Pages 387-407
Seven Reasons for Skepticism about the Technology Story of U.S. Wage Inequality....Pages 409-427
Changing Labor Markets and the U.S. Workforce Development System....Pages 429-448
What Happened to Middle Management?....Pages 449-466
Social Networks, Job Changes, and Recruitment....Pages 467-502
Regional Labor Markets....Pages 503-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-534
Evolving Patterns of Sex Segregation....Pages 535-550
The Sex Gap in Pay and Comparable Worth....Pages 551-565
Employment Discrimination and Its Remedies....Pages 567-599
Hiring in Urban Labor Markets....Pages 601-643
Race and Labor Market Segmentation....Pages 645-668
Immigration and Labor Markets in the United States....Pages 669-703
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
Evolving Labor Markets....Pages 707-722
Back Matter....Pages 723-766
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