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

• Autore: Hansen Susan B
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.2/10973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and the politics of pay
• ISBN: 1-58901-329-8; 1-4356-2717-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821465903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American governance and public policy.