Sökt på: Böcker av Solomon W. Polachek
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Who Loses in the Downturn?
Economic events such as the recent global economic crisis can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the individual and household levels. Identification of …
Income Inequality Around the World
Research in Labor Economics 44 takes another in-depth and focussed look at Inequality. This time however it is tied in with well-being of the workforce. Research in Labor …
The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity
This volume is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of the late Tikva Lecker. Professor Lecker's many interests included topics in labor economics, women and the economy, …
Transitions through the Labor Market
Understanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement is important both to the individual and to the policy maker. …
Informal Employment in Emerging and Transition Economies
Informality and informal employment are wide-spread and growing phenomena in all regions of the world, in particular in low and middle income economies. A large part of economic …
Factors Affecting Worker Well-Being
This volume contains new important research on worker well-being. Topics include employment contracts, compensation schemes, worker productivity, retirement decisions, the …
Gender Convergence in the Labor Market
For most countries, women's labor force participation and hours of work has risen while men's have fallen. Concomitantly, men's and women's wages and occupational structures have …
Worker Wellbeing in a Changing Labor Market
How do workers fare in a continually changing labor market? This volume contains fifteen original scientific papers each examining how socio-economic changes affect worker …
Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets
The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share …
Workplace Productivity and Management Practices
How firms are structured, the management practices they develop, as well as the way in which workers and managers interact can have wider implications for both the performance of …
Inequality
Inequality has been rising in many countries over the last decades and the process seems to have accelerated with the Great Recession. Not only is income distribution more unequal …
Jobs, Training, and Worker Well-Being
This volume contains twelve cutting edge papers contributing new research to important issues concerning worker welfare. The research deals with earnings inequality, …