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245 0 0 _aTransitions through the labor market :
_bwork, occupation, earnings and retirement /
_cedited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos.
264 1 _bEmerald Publishing Limited,
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages).
490 1 _aResearch in Labor Economics,
_x0147-9121 ;
_vv. 46
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 0 _tPrelims --
_tRacial differences in labor market transitions and the great recession --
_tThe optimal graduated minimum wage and social welfare --
_tPromotion determinants in corporate hierarchies: an examination of fast tracks and functional area --
_tFlattening firms and wage distribution --
_tWage determination in social occupations: the role of individual social capital -- Computer gaming and the gender math gap: cross-country evidence among teenagers --
_tThe role of health in retirement --
_tIndex.
520 _aUnderstanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume containsseven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labormarket transitions. Questions answered include: How did hiring and firingdecisions change for blacks and Hispanics relative to whites in the GreatRecession? Can redesigning the minimum wage lead to more efficient employmenttransitions and greater social welfare? What are the factors leading a companyto fast-track an employee? How does the number of layers in a companyshierarchical structure affect ones ability to be promoted? Do women gravitateto more socially caring occupations because they care more than men? Doesgaming among youth increase math scores more for boys than girls? And, doesgood health impede ones inclination to retire?
588 0 _aPrint version record
650 0 _aLabor market.
650 0 _aEmployee selection.
650 0 _aEmployees
_xDismissal of.
650 0 _aRetirees.
650 7 _aBusiness & Economics / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning.
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650 7 _aRetirement.
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700 1 _aPolachek, S. W.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aTatsiramos, Konstantinos,
_eeditor.
776 _z9781787564626
830 0 _aResearch in labor economics ;
_vv. 46.
_x0147-9121
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S0147-9121201846
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