Generating jobs : how to increase demand for less-skilled workers / [edited by] Richard B. Freeman, Peter Gottschalk.
| Other author | Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943- |
| Other author | Gottschalk, Peter, 1942- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1998. |
| Description | vii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Wage subsidies for the disadvantaged / Lawrence F. Katz -- The spatial dimension: should worker assistance be given to poor people or poor places? / Edward M. Gramlich and Colleen M. Heflin -- The impact of changes in public employment on low-wage labor markets / Peter Gottschalk -- Profit-sharing and the demand for low-skill workers / Douglas L. Kruse -- The effects of employer mandates / Susan N. Houseman -- Work-sharing to full employment: serious option or populist fallacy? / Richard B. Freeman -- Employer hiring decisions and antidiscrimination policy / Harry J. Holzer -- Contingent work in a changing labor market / Rebecca M. Blank -- The collapse in demand for the unskilled: what can be done? / Stephen Nickell. |
| Local note | Little-308356--305131013103L |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97037083 |
| ISBN | 0871543605 (alk. paper) |