عنوان

Who's not working and why :

(Number (ISBN

0521651522

(Number (ISBN

0521794390

(Number (ISBN

9780521651523

(Number (ISBN

9780521794398

Number

b797624

Title Proper

Who's not working and why :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

employment, cognitive skills, wages, and the changing U.S. labor market /

First Statement of Responsibility

Frederic L. Pryor and David L. Schaffer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1999.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 300 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and indexes.

Text of Note

Over the Last Quarter-Century, the U.S. labor market has experienced some disturbing trends. Despite apparent economic prosperity, joblessness among less-educated prime-age males is rising and, in addition, an increasing number of university graduates are taking "high-school jobs." Moreover, except for a thin layer of university-educated workers, most in the labor force are experiencing stagnating or falling real wages. Simultaneously, the inequality of wages is increasing within most groups. Using an entirely new approach that takes account of the cognitive skills of U.S. workers and the detailed occupational structure of the labor force, Frederic L. Pryor and David L. Schaffer explore the underlying causes of these trends. To explain both employment and wages, they demonstrate that what a worker knows is becoming increasingly more important than a worker's formal education. They also present evidence that because of differences in wages between men and women, women are replacing men in many occupations. Finally, they synthesize these and other labor market characteristics to explain the increasing inequality of wages. The authors have written this empirical study in non-technical language for those concerned with labor market problems and policies. For specialists they analyze a variety of technical issues in the appendices.

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld

Cognitive learning-- United States.

Labor market-- United States.

Life skills-- United States.

Skilled labor-- Supply and demand-- United States.

Wages-- United States.

Apprentissage cognitif-- États-Unis.

Habiletés de base-- États-Unis.

Marché du travail-- États-Unis.

Ouvriers qualifiés-- Offre et demande-- États-Unis.

Salaires-- États-Unis.

83.61 labour economics.

Apprentissage cognitif-- États-Unis.

Arbeidsmarkt.

Arbeitslosigkeit

Arbeitsmarkt

Arbeitsnachfrage

Beschäftigungsstruktur

Cognitive learning-- United States.

Cognitive learning.

Einkommensverteilung

Geschoold personeel.

Kognitive Kompetenz

Labor market-- United States.

Labor market.

Life skills-- United States.

Life skills.

Marché du travail-- États-Unis.

Ouvriers qualifiés-- Offre et demande-- États-Unis.

Salaires-- États-Unis.

Skilled labor-- Supply and demand-- United States.

Skilled labor-- Supply and demand.

Vie pratique-- États-Unis.

Wages-- United States.

Wages.

United States.

USA.

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Number

331.5(73)

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Edition

Class number

Book number

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System Code

Pryor, Frederic L.

Schaffer, David L.,1958-

Date of Transaction

20201207101809.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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