Labor in the new economy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Katharine G. Abraham, James R. Spletzer, and Michael Harper

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459255403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-90172-9; 9786612901720; 0-226-00146-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Collana: Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 71
• Altri autori (Persone): AbrahamKatharine G; SpletzerJames; HarperMichael J
• Disciplina: 331.120973
• Soggetti: Labor market - United States; Wage differentials - United States; Job security - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes revised versions of the papers and discussions presented at the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, held in Bethesda, Maryland, Nov. 16-17, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Prefatory Note -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Really Know about Changes in Wage Inequality? -- 2. Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality -- 3. Are the New Jobs Good Jobs? -- 4. New Data for Answering Old Questions Regarding Employee Stock Options -- 5. Adjusted Estimates of Worker Flows and Job Openings in JOLTS -- 6. Job Loss and the Decline in Job Security in the United States -- 7. What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States?: Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys -- 8. Measuring Tradable Services and the Task Content of Offshorable Services Jobs -- 9. Why Do BLS Hours Series Tell Different Stories about Trends in Hours Worked? -- 10. The Effect of Population Aging on the Aggregate Labor Market -- 11. Emerging Labor Market Trends and ; Workplace Safety and Health -- 12. Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how these changes affect workers. In this book, leading economists examine a variety of important trends 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. In order to better understand these vital issues, scholars must be able to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, 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 evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. At a time when employment is a central concern for individuals, businesses, and the government, this volume provides important insight into the recent past and will be a useful tool for researchers in the future.

Circum mare : themes in ancient warfare / / editor, Jeremy Armstrong ; with a foreword by Lee L. Brice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798320303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Brill, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 90-04-28485-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, photographs
• Collana: Mnemosyne, Supplements. History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, , 2352-8656 ; ; Volume 388
• Disciplina: 355.020937
• Soggetti: Military art and science - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500; Mediterranean Region History, Military To 1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter / Jeremy Armstrong -- War and Society in the Ancient World: An Introduction / Jeremy Armstrong -- Simple Words, Simple Pictures: The Link between the Snapshots of Battle and the War Diary Entries in Ancient Egypt / Anthony Spalinger -- Caesar’s Exempla and the Role of Centurions in Battle / David Nolan -- Coinage and the Economics of the Athenian Empire / Matthew Trundle -- Tributum in the Middle Republic / Nathan Rosenstein -- The Ties that Bind: Military Cohesion in Archaic Rome / Jeremy Armstrong -- Sacramentum Militiae: Empty Words in an Age of Chaos / Mark Hebblewhite -- Circumscribing Imperium: Power and Regulation in the Republican Province / Ralph Covino -- The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues: The Perspective of Collective Action / James Kierstead -- ‘Warlordism’ and the Disintegration of the Western Roman Army / Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele -- The Significance of Insignificant Engagements: Irregular Warfare during the Punic Wars / Louis Rawlings -- ‘Siege Warfare’ in Ancient Egypt, as Derived from Select Royal and Private Battle Scenes / Brett H. Heagren -- Tissaphernes and the Achaemenid Defense of Western Anatolia, 412–395 BC / John W.I. Lee -- Bibliography / Jeremy Armstrong -- Index / Jeremy Armstrong.
• Sommario/riassunto: Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare presents a thematic approach to current directions in ancient military studies with case studies on topics including the economics of warfare, military cohesion, military authority, irregular warfare, and sieges. Bringing together research on cultures from across the Mediterranean world, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to Late Antique Europe and from Punic Spain to Persian Anatolia, the collection demonstrates both the breadth of the current field and a surprising number of synergies.