Jobs, training and worker well-being [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
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| Titolo: |
Jobs, training and worker well-being [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
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| Pubblicazione: | Bingley, : Emerald, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Labor supply |
| Discrimination in employment | |
| Employees - Training of | |
| Income distribution | |
| Labor policy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PolachekS. W
TatsiramosKonstantinos
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; Jobs, Training and Worker Well-being; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. On the link between investment in on-the-job training and earnings dispersion: the case of France; Chapter 2. Employee training and wage dispersion: white- and blue-collar workers in Britain; Chapter 3. Income inequality, income mobility, and social welfare for urban and rural households of China and the United States; Chapter 4. Why are jobs designed the way they arequest; Chapter 5. Is seniority-based pay used as a motivational devicequest Evidence from plant-level data |
| Chapter 6. The promotion dynamics of American executivesChapter 7. Self-selection models for public and private sector job satisfaction; Chapter 8. The survival and growth of establishments: does gender segregation matterquest; Chapter 9. Futile and effective ways to combat wage discrimination; Chapter 10. Patterns of nominal and real wage rigidity | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume contains twelve cutting edge papers contributing new research to important issues concerning worker welfare. The research deals with earnings inequality, discrimination, the effects of migration, and economic policy. Answers to a number of policy related questions are given including: Why are jobs designed the way they are? Does seniority-based pay provide a sufficient motivation for workers? Do sex-segregated firms grow more quickly than firms more equally divided by gender? What policies are effective in combating discrimination? Why is relative rural-urban income inequality so m |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Jobs, training and worker well-being |
| ISBN: | 1-282-55269-4 |
| 9786612552694 | |
| 1-84950-767-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458922303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Research in labor economics ; ; v. 30.