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. .
<br/><br/> The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780880994446 0880994444 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Occupational training--United States--Congresses.<br/>Industrial management--United States--Congresses.<br/>Manpower policy--United States--Congresses.<br/>Labor supply--United States--Congresses.<br/>Labor market--United States--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD5724  / .F88 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.10973