Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market

Thomas A. Kochan; Richard M. Locke; Michael J. Piore

ISBN 10: 0262151057 / ISBN 13: 9780262151054

Verlag: Mit Pr, 2001

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Inhaltsangabe:

The American labor market faces many deep-rooted problems, including persistence of alarge low-wage sector, worsening inequality in earnings, employees' lack of voice in the workplace,and the need of employers to maximize flexibility if they are to survive in an increasinglycompetitive market. The impetus for this book is the absence of a serious national debate aboutthese issues.The book represents nearly three years of deliberation by more than 250 people drawnfrom business, labor, community groups, academia, and government. It traces today's labor-marketpolicy and laws back to the New Deal and to a second wave of social regulation that began in the1960s. Underlying the current system are assumptions about who is working, what workers do, and howmuch job security workers enjoy. Economic and social changes have rendered those assumptions invalidand have resulted in mismatches between labor institutions and efficient and equitable deployment ofthe workforce, as well as between commitments to the labor market and family responsibilities. Thisbook should launch a national dialogue on how to update our policies and institutions to catch upwith the changes in the nature of work, in the workforce, and in the economy.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the coeditor of Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market.

Thomas Kochan is the George M. Bunker Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Codirector of the Institute for Work and Employment Research. He teaches courses on the future of work to MIT students on campus and to the general public through the MITx online platform.He is coauthor (with Paul Osterman, Richard M. Locke, and Michael J. Piore) of Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market (MIT Press).

Richard M. Locke is Class of 1992 Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Michael J. Piore is Professor in MIT's Economics and Political Science Departments.

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Titel: Working in America: A Blueprint for the New ...
Verlag: Mit Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
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