Items related to New Analyses in Worker Well-Being: 38 (Research in...

New Analyses in Worker Well-Being: 38 (Research in Labor Economics, 38) - Hardcover

Book 8 of 17: Research in Labor Economics
 
9781783500567: New Analyses in Worker Well-Being: 38 (Research in Labor Economics, 38)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1783500565 ISBN 13: 9781783500567
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013

Synopsis

This volume contains new important research on worker well-being in a changing economy. Topics include employee compensation, human capital investment, women's wages, unemployment, and the effects of government policies. Among the questions answered are: Does free-trade (particularly regarding NAFTA) affect women's wages relative to men's? Can guaranteeing college scholarships raise high school students' grade-point averages? Does increasing wage dispersion within a plant induce workers to put out more effort; or does it decrease comradery among employees, thereby lowering productivity? Does deferring worker pay really affect productivity on the job? Do firms manipulate fringe benefits (job characteristics) to adequately compensate workers for dangerous jobs? Do business cycles influence the terms of effort-enhancing labor contracts? How can workers signal their potential quality when displaced by plant closings? How severe are the detrimental effects of long-term joblessness? And finally, how do changes in welfare laws affect recipients' time allocation at home?

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Polachek S.W. - Binghamton University, SUNY, NY, USA Tatsiramos K. - IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1783500565
ISBN 13 
9781783500567
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Editor
Tatsiramos Konstantinos, Polachek Solomon W.