Labor in the Era of Globalization (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Brown, Clair

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The third quarter of the twentieth century was a golden age for labor in the advanced industrial countries, characterized by rising incomes, relatively egalitarian wage structures, and reasonable levels of job security. The subsequent quarter-century has seen less positive performance along a number of these dimensions. This period has instead been marked by rapid globalization of economic activity that has brought increased insecurity to workers. The contributors to this volume distinguish four explanations for this historic shift. These include 1) rapid development of new technologies; 2) global competition for both business and labor; 3) deregulation of industry with more reliance on markets; and 4) increased immigration of workers, especially unskilled workers, from developing countries. In addition to analyzing the causes of these trends, the contributors also investigate important consequences, ranging from changes in collective bargaining and employment relations to family formation decisions and incarceration policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511700521
• Artikelnr.: 53399546

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Clair Brown, Barry Eichengreen and Michael Reich; Part I.
Political Economy and Labor Market Institutions: 1. Institutions and wages
in post-World War II America Frank Levy and Peter Temin; 2. American
exceptionalism and comparative political economy David Soskice; 3. Finance
and labor: perspectives on risk, inequality, and democracy Sanford Jacoby;
Part II. Institutions and Firm and Worker Behavior: 4. How good are U.S.
jobs? Characteristics of job ladders across firms in five industries Clair
Brown, Benjamin Campbell, Fredrik Andersson, Hyowook Chiang and Yooki Park;
5. Increasing labor flexibility in Japan: the role of female workers in
manufacturing Yoshi-Fumi Nakata and Satoru Miyazaki; 6. Ties that matter:
cultural norms and economic behavior in Western Europe Paola Giuliano; Part
III. Contemporary Labor-Management Relations: 7. The new treaty of Detroit:
are VEBAs labor's way forward? Teresa Ghilarducci; 8. Symphony musicians
and symphony orchestras Robert J. Flanagan; 9. Wage effects of works
councils and collective agreements in Germany Knut Gerlach and Wolfgang
Meyer; 10. Apprentice strikes, pay structure and training in
twentieth-century UK metalworking industry Paul Ryan; Part IV. Public
Policy and U.S. Labor Market Structure: 11. Minimum wages in the U.S.:
politics, economics and econometrics Michael Reich; 12. Understanding the
causes and labor market consequences of the steep increase in U.S.
incarceration rates Steven Raphael; 13. Local labor market adaptation to
increased immigration David Card.