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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824868603321

Autore

Osterman Paul

Titolo

Good jobs America : making work better for everyone / / Paul Osterman and Beth Shulman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-756-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

331.10973

Soggetti

Labor market - United States

Wages - United States

Industrial relations - United States

Working class - United States

Work - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Myths about the low-wage job market: clearing the underbrush -- Do you get what you deserve? The role of education and skill -- How firms think -- Employment standards -- Voice and power -- Working with firms to upgrade work -- Job quality on the ground: the story of green jobs -- Conclusion.