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A Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy / Timothy J. Bartik, Susan N. Houseman, editors. - 1 online resource (ix, 327 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman -- Are skills the problem?: reforming the education and training system in the United States / Robert I. Lerman -- Revising employers' role in sponsoring and financing health insurance and medical care / Katherine Swartz -- Trade and immigration: implications for the U.S. labor market / Lori G. Kletzer -- Removing barriers to work for older Americans / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman -- Improving job quality: policies aimed at the demand side of the low-wage labor market / Paul Osterman -- Boosting the earnings and employment of low-skilled workers in the United States: making work pay and removing barriers to employment and social mobility / Steven Raphael.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780880994446 0880994444

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Occupational training--United States--Congresses.
Industrial management--United States--Congresses.
Manpower policy--United States--Congresses.
Labor supply--United States--Congresses.
Labor market--United States--Congresses.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD5724 / .F88 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 331.10973