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Labor in the New Economy
Abraham, Katharine G, Spletzer, James R, Harper, Michael
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Hardcover. Examines a variety of important trends related to labor 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. This book also addresses a host of measurement issues. Editor(s): Abraham, Katharine G.; Harper, Michael; Spletzer, James R. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth. Num Pages: 568 pages, 174 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCD; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
This book examines a variety of important trends related to labor 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. "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 the evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. This volume provides important insight into the recent past and it will be a useful tool for researchers in ... Read more
This book examines a variety of important trends related to labor 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. "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 the evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. This volume provides important insight into the recent past and it will be a useful tool for researchers in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Series
National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226001432
SKU
V9780226001432
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About Abraham, Katharine G, Spletzer, James R, Harper, Michael
Katharine G. Abraham is a professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, adjunct professor of economics, and faculty associate of the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland, and a research associate of the NBER. James R. Spletzer is a senior research economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Michael Harper is associate commissioner for productivity ... Read more
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