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Wage And Employment Adjustment In Local Labor Markets, Randall W. Eberts, Joe Allan Stone
Wage And Employment Adjustment In Local Labor Markets, Randall W. Eberts, Joe Allan Stone
Upjohn Press
Eberts and Stone have created dynamic models of labor supply and demand behavior for metropolitan labor markets. They use these models to simulate wage, employment, and personal income responses to local economic change, including changes brought about by governmental policy.
Wage Flexibility And Unemployment Dynamics In Regional Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak, Geraint Johnes
Wage Flexibility And Unemployment Dynamics In Regional Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak, Geraint Johnes
Upjohn Press
Hyclak and Johnes explore the extent to which wage rigidity differs across regional labor markets in the U.S. and how it affects the unemployment response to shifts in regional aggregate demand. They also look at the determinants of differences in wage rigidity across regional labor markets.
Improving Access To Health Care: What Can The States Do?, John Henry Goddeeris Editor, Andrew J. Hogan Editor
Improving Access To Health Care: What Can The States Do?, John Henry Goddeeris Editor, Andrew J. Hogan Editor
Upjohn Press
Health care cost increases may seem under control but the issue of access remains a serious problem. This text features a dozen essays addressing that issue from the states' perspective.
Banking The Furnace: Restructuring Of The Steel Industry In Eight Countries, Trevor Bain
Banking The Furnace: Restructuring Of The Steel Industry In Eight Countries, Trevor Bain
Upjohn Press
Trevor Bain explores the industry restructurings that occurred in eight major steel-producing countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan. He begins by categorizing each country as having either an adversarial or a cooperative industrial relations system, and then analyzes the differences in implementation strategies. He also determines who - employers, employees, or government - bore the cost of these adjustments and which industrial relations systems were more efficient in restructuring.