Labor in the New Economy
Katharine G. Abraham, James R. Spletzer, and Michael Harper Harper
Abstract
As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how these changes affect workers. This book examines a variety of important trends in the new economy, including inequality of earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace safety and health. In order to better understand these issues, scholars must be able to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, the book also addresses a host of measurement issues: from t ... More
As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how these changes affect workers. This book examines a variety of important trends in the new economy, including inequality of earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace safety and health. In order to better understand these issues, scholars must be able to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, the book also addresses a host of measurement issues: from the treatment of outliers, imputation methods, and weighting in the context of specific surveys to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. At a time when employment is a central concern for individuals, businesses, and the government, this volume provides insight into the recent past.
Keywords:
economy,
workers,
new economy,
inequality of earnings,
compensation,
job security,
employer reliance,
hours of work,
workplace safety,
health
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780226001432 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: February 2013 |
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226001463.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Katharine G. Abraham, editor
James R. Spletzer, editor
Michael Harper Harper, editor
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