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

Contributor(s): Bartik, Timothy J | Houseman, Susan N, 1956- | W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008Description: ix, 327 pSubject(s): Labor market -- United States -- Congresses | Labor supply -- United States -- Congresses | Manpower policy -- United States -- Congresses | Industrial management -- United States -- Congresses | Occupational training -- United States -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 331.10973 LOC classification: HD5724 | .F88 2008Online resources: Click to View
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.
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The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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