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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452201103321

Autore

Hansen Susan B

Titolo

Globalization and the politics of pay [[electronic resource] ] : policy choices in the American states / / Susan B. Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58901-329-8

1-4356-2717-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

American governance and public policy series

Disciplina

331.2/10973

Soggetti

Wages - United States

Wages - Government policy - United States - States

Labor policy - United States - States

Working class - United States - Economic conditions

Globalization - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Globalization, Interstate Competition, and Labor -- The State Role in Labor Costs -- Explaining State Differences in Labor Cost Trends -- The Economic Effects of Cutting Labor Costs -- Social and Political Consequences of Declining Labor Costs -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In the American federal system, states actively compete for jobs, business investment, and factory locations. Labor costs have played an important role in such interstate competition since the days of the pre-Civil War plantation economy. In recent years, however, global economic trends have put added pressures on businesses and government to reduce labor costs. At least, that is what most politicians, the media, and the business community believe.Globalization and the Politics of Pay examines the economic, political, and social causes and consequences of declining wages in the United States.