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Citizen's Share
Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century
Av Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
361 kr
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A compelling argument for broad-based profit sharing and employee ownership in keeping with the economic vision of America’s FoundersThe idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America’s early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best …
Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market
Av Richard B. Freeman, John M. Abowd
E-bok, 2007
2160 kr
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Are immigrants squeezing Americans out of the work force? Or is competition wth foreign products imported by the United States an even greater danger to those employed in some industries? How do wages and unions fare in foreign-owned firms? And are the media''s claims about the number of illegal …
Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries
Av David G. Blanchflower, Richard B. Freeman
Inbunden, 2000
989 kr
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The economic status of young people has declined significantly over the past two decades, despite a variety of programmes designed to aide new workers in the transition from the classroom to the job market. This ongoing problem has proved difficult to explain. Drawing on comparative data from …
Shared Capitalism at Work
Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options
Av Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1164 kr
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The historical relationship between capital and labor has changed radically in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effect, both employees and stockholders. …
Shared Capitalism at Work
Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options
Av Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
1346 kr
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The historical relationship between capital and labor has evolved in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effect, both employees and stockholders. Profit …
Immigration and the Work Force
Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas
Av Richard B. Freeman, George J. Borjas
E-bok, 2007
1781 kr
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Since the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe. …
Small Differences That Matter
Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States
Av Richard B. Freeman, David Card
E-bok, 2009
1034 kr
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This volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labor markets in different countries, examines social and labor market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980s. It shows that subtle differences in unemployment compensation, …
Seeking a Premier Economy
The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000
Av Richard B. Freeman, Richard Blundell m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
2536 kr
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In the 1980s and 1990s successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the world, …
Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century
Av Richard B. Freeman, Joni Hersch m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
437 kr
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"Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century" provides the first indepth assessment of how effectively labor market institutions are responding to the decline of private sector unions. This important volume provides case studies of new labor market institutions and new …
Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century
Av Lawrence Mishel, Joni Hersch m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
956 kr
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Private sector unionism is in decline in the United States. As a result, labor advocates, community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals concerned with the well-being of workers have sought to develop alternative ways to represent workers'' interests. Emerging Labor Market …
Black Youth Employment Crisis
Av Harry J. Holzer, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2008
2292 kr
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In recent years, the earnings of young blacks have risen substantially relative to those of young whites, but their rates of joblessness have also risen to crisis levels. The papers in this volume, drawing on the results of a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic …
When Public Sector Workers Unionize
Av Casey Ichniowski, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2007
2049 kr
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In the 1980s, public sector unionism has become the most vibrant component of the American labor movement. What does this new "look" of organized labor mean for the economy? Do labor-management relations in the public sector mirror patterns in the private, or do they introduce a novel paradigm onto …
Differences and Changes in Wage Structures
Av Lawrence F. Katz, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2007
2160 kr
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During the past two decades, wages of skilled workers in the United States rose while those of unskilled workers fell; less-educated young men in particular have suffered unprecedented losses in real earnings. These twelve original essays explore whether this trend is unique to the United States or …
Welfare State in Transition
Reforming the Swedish Model
Av Birgitta Swedenborg, Robert H. Topel m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
2463 kr
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Once heralded in the 1950s and 1960s as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden''s economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income …
Youth Labor Market Problem
Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences
Av David A. Wise, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2007
2160 kr
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This volume brings together a massive body of much-needed research information on a problem of crucial importance to labor economists, policy makers, and society in general: unemployment among the young. The thirteen studies detail the ambiguity and inadequacy of our present standard statistics as …
Science and Engineering Careers in the United States
An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Av Daniel L. Goroff, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2009
2348 kr
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Beginning in the early 2000s, there was an upsurge of national concern over the state of the science and engineering job market that sparked a plethora of studies, commission reports, and a presidential initiative, all stressing the importance of maintaining American competitiveness in these …
Reforming the Welfare State
Recovery and Beyond in Sweden
Av Robert H. Topel, Birgitta Swedenborg m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
2400 kr
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Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden''s generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to …
Reforming the Welfare State
Recovery and Beyond in Sweden
Av Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1054 kr
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Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden's generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to …
International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms
Av Richard B. Freeman, Kathryn L. Shaw
Inbunden, 2009
1085 kr
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In recent years, globalization and the expansion of information technologies have reshaped managerial practices, forcing multinational firms to adjust business practices to different environments and domestic companies to adjust to their foreign competitors. In "International Differences in the …
International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms
Av Kathryn L. Shaw, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2009
2400 kr
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In recent years, globalization and the expansion of information technologies have reshaped managerial practices, forcing multinational firms to adjust business practices to different environments and domestic companies to adjust to their foreign competitors. In International Differences in the …
Shared Capitalism at Work
Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options
Av Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
498 kr
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The historical relationship between capital and labor has changed radically in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effect, both employees and stockholders. …
U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy
Av Richard B. Freeman, Hal Salzman
Inbunden, 2018
1198 kr
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Since the late 1950s, the engineering job market in the United States has been fraught with fears of a shortage of engineering skill and talent. U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy brings clarity to issues of supply and demand in this important market. Following a general overview of …
U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy
Av Hal Salzman, Richard B. Freeman
E-bok, 2018
2578 kr
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Since the late 1950s, the engineering job market in the United States has been fraught with fears of a shortage of engineering skill and talent. U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy brings clarity to issues of supply and demand in this important market. Following a general overview of …
Economics of Trade Unions
A Study of a Research Field and Its Findings
Av Hristos Doucouliagos, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
713 kr
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Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff’s now classic 1984 book What Do Unions Do? stimulated an enormous theoretical and empirical literature on the economic impact of trade unions. Trade unions continue to be a significant feature of many labor markets, particularly in developing countries, and …
Korean Labour Market after the 1997 Economic Crisis
Av Joonmo Cho, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1778 kr
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For economists, policy-makers, and historians who want to learn how the Korean labor market dealt with the 1997 financial crisis and how this informed future policies, this volume provides a succinct summary of what Korean experts know and how they view the problems the country must overcome to …
What Workers Say
Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace
Av Richard B. Freeman, Peter Boxall m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1698 kr
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This book brings together research in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to answer a series of key questions:* What opportunities do employees in Anglo-American workplaces have to voice their concerns and what do they seek? * To what extent, and in …
What Workers Say
Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace
Av Richard B. Freeman, Peter Boxall m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
415 kr
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This book brings together research in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to answer a series of key questions:* What opportunities do employees in Anglo-American workplaces have to voice their concerns and what do they seek? * To what extent, and in …
What Workers Want
Av Richard B. Freeman, Joel Rogers
Häftad, 2006
313 kr
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Praise for the first edition:"This very valuable book reports the results of a large-scale and complex survey aimed at understanding the preferences of employees regarding workplace governance and their attitudes toward the three key institutions in the labor market: unions, government, and …
Handbook of Research on Employee Voice
Av Richard B. Freeman, Tony Dundon m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
721 kr
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The term ''employee voice'' refers to the ways and means through which employees can attempt to have a say and influence organizational issues that affect their work and the interests of managers and owners. The concept is distinct, but related to and often overlapping with issues such as …
Korean Labour Market after the 1997 Economic Crisis
Av Sunwoong Kim, Jaeho Keum m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
609 kr
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For economists, policy-makers, and historians who want to learn how the Korean labor market dealt with the 1997 financial crisis and how this informed future policies, this volume provides a succinct summary of what Korean experts know and how they view the problems the country must overcome to …
