Jobs in America /

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Other Authors: Ramm, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson, c2006.
Series:The reference shelf ; v. 78, no. 4
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Table of Contents:
  • Employment growth in America / Christopher H. Wheeler
  • How good are the new jobs? / Tim Kane
  • As income gap widens, uncertainty spreads / Griff Witte
  • Delusions of disparity / J.A. Foster-Bey
  • The wage squeeze and higher health care costs / Sylvia Allegretto and Jared Bernstein
  • Glass ceiling? : more like steel / Cheryl Hall
  • The business case for diversity / Edith G. Orenstein
  • Can better skills meet better jobs? / Steve Savner and Jared Bernstein
  • Minimum wage or "living" wage? / Elaine McCrate
  • Economic development 101 : the tax-break payoff / Paul Grimaldi
  • Tax abatements not always good as gold / L.A. Lorek
  • Fears for a program that lends just a little / Elizabeth Olson
  • The road to riches? / Christopher Shea
  • Closed-door policy / Douglas S. Massey
  • North of the border / Paul Krugman
  • Made in America / Sarah Childress
  • Businesses push for high-skilled foreign workers / June Kronholz
  • Savior or villain? / Timothy Aeppel
  • Toward a progressive view of outsourcing / Doug Henwood
  • A mixed result / Terry Kosdrosky
  • Critics wary of benefits permatemps miss out on / Maria M. Perotin
  • Temp-to-hire is becoming full-time practice at firms / John Zappe
  • Heaven can wait / Paula Span
  • Doing homework / Roger Fillion
  • Firms go high-tech to screen applicants / Karen Dybis
  • Yes, the boss is watching / Patricia Kitchen
  • Appendix. Tomorrow's jobs.