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Understanding the impacts of globalization requires good data, and national statistical systems were not designed to measure many of the transactions occurring in today's global economy. The chapters in this two-volume set identify biases and gaps in national statistics, examine the magnitude of the...
Author
Susan N. Houseman, Michael Mandel
Binding
Paperback
Pages
694
Publisher
W E Upjohn Inst for
ISBN #
0880994886
EAN Code
9780880994880
ISBN #
14
American employers rely heavily on layoffs to reduce the size of their work force during downturns. While layoffs are unavoidable in any competitive economy, they are far more common in the United States than in other industrialized countries. But can US workers be offered more secure employment wit...
Author
Katharine G. Abraham, Susan N. Houseman
Binding
Paperback
Pages
175
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
ISBN #
081570075X
EAN Code
9780815700753
ISBN #
13
Private investigators must pose as a married couple to solve a crime. Tension of solving the case isn't the only thing building. Will their attraction to each other interfere with their plans to root out a fertility doctor's scam? Harmony Hills Retirement Village - a nice quiet place to spend your d...
Author
Lori Avocato, Chris Holmes, Teryl Oswald, Victoria Houseman, Susan R. Sweet
Binding
Paperback
Pages
212
Publisher
Highland Press
ISBN #
0983396094
EAN Code
9780983396093
ISBN #
11
The rapid growth of offshoring has sparked a contentious debate over its impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector, which has recorded steep employment declines yet strong output growth--a fact reconciled by the notable gains in manufacturing productivity. We maintain, however, that the dramatic accel...
Author
Susan Houseman
Binding
Paperback
Pages
98
Publisher
BiblioGov
ISBN #
1288724845
EAN Code
9781288724840
ISBN #
9
Although worker dislocation is often the most visible labor market impact of international trade, many believe that the growth of global competition is also linked to stagnant wages, particularly among low-skilled workers, and to fundamental changes in the nature of the employment relationship, most...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
513
Publisher
W E Upjohn Inst for
ISBN #
0880992638
EAN Code
9780880992633
ISBN #
7
Can the U.S. economy generate healthy growth of good jobs -- jobs that will ensure a steady improvement in the standard of living for the middle class and that will offer a way out of poverty for low-income Americans? In this timely new volume, leading policy analysts examine the challenges facing U...
Author
Editors Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
327
Publisher
W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN #
0880993324
EAN Code
9780880993326
ISBN #
5
How can workers retain job security in an industry currently experiencing extensive restructuring and retrenchment? In the United States, massive layoffs in the 1980s in industries like steel have resulted in increased worker demands for job security provisions in collective agreements and legal pro...
Author
Susan Houseman
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
176
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN #
0674451759
EAN Code
9780674451759
ISBN #
3
Can the U.S. economy generate healthy growth of good jobs -- jobs that will ensure a steady improvement in the standard of living for the middle class and that will offer a way out of poverty for low-income Americans? In this timely new volume, leading policy analysts examine the challenges facing U...
Author
Editors Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman
Binding
Paperback
Pages
327
Publisher
W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN #
0880993316
EAN Code
9780880993319
ISBN #
2