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Recent Developments In The Theory Of Involuntary Unemployment, Carl Davidson Jan 1990

Recent Developments In The Theory Of Involuntary Unemployment, Carl Davidson

Upjohn Press

This monograph provides a relatively nontechnical summary of the prominent theories of unemployment that have emerged since 1960: search, disequilibrium, implicit contracts, efficiency wage, and insider/outsider models. Davidson focuses on the overall purpose of each line of research, reviewing selected articles on each of the theories. He then offers clear descriptions that make the topics readily accessible to both students and nonspecialists.


Assisting Displaced Workers: Do The States Have A Better Idea?, Duane E. Leigh Jan 1989

Assisting Displaced Workers: Do The States Have A Better Idea?, Duane E. Leigh

Upjohn Press

This work provides a comprehensive assessment of state initiatives designed to deal with worker displacement. Leigh considers quantitative and qualitative studies of state programs, evaluations of state- and federally-funded demonstration projects and pilot programs, and studies of the design and operation of foreign government programs.


From One Job To The Next: Worker Adjustment In A Changing Labor Market, Adam Seitchik, Jeffrey Zornitsky Jan 1989

From One Job To The Next: Worker Adjustment In A Changing Labor Market, Adam Seitchik, Jeffrey Zornitsky

Upjohn Press

The authors discuss how the structure of job opportunities has changed over the last two decades; specifically the transfer of jobs from manufacturing to service industries. They then link these changes to issues of worker displacement policy and worker mobility.


Unemployment, Vacancies And Local Labor Markets, Harry J. Holzer Jan 1989

Unemployment, Vacancies And Local Labor Markets, Harry J. Holzer

Upjohn Press

Unemployment rates in the U.S. vary considerably over time and across local areas. Economists have long been concerned with explaining these variations and have attempted to distinguish various components of unemployment to explain these variations in rates. Holzer uses firm-level data on job vacancies, sales growth, and wages within and across a group of 28 local labor markets to examine these issues.


A Second Chance: Training For Jobs, Sar A. Levitan, Frank Gallo Jan 1988

A Second Chance: Training For Jobs, Sar A. Levitan, Frank Gallo

Upjohn Press

Levitan and Gallo make use of their considerable experience and prior research to provide a critical assessment of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The authors evaluate state governments' role in guiding and monitoring the program, and suggest that the success rates are actually lower than the reported official figures. Anyone interested in the JTPA or other job training program will benefit from the assessments provided by the authors in this book.


Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, George Jakubson Jan 1988

Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, George Jakubson

Upjohn Press

After summarizing the theoretical arguments for and against plant closing legislation, the authors present results of empirical analyses, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Displaced Workers and other data sources, that show that having advance notice appears to reduce the probability that a displaced worker will suffer any spell of unemployment.


Plant Closings And Worker Displacement: The Regional Issues, Marie Howland Jan 1988

Plant Closings And Worker Displacement: The Regional Issues, Marie Howland

Upjohn Press

Howland examines the relationship between regional employment shifts and plant closures and describes the implications of that relationship for displaced worker study. Her findings support an argument against industrial policy as a means of slowing the pace of worker dislocation as well as against concession in wages, utility bills, and taxes as strategies for retaining local jobs. Howland also presents several policy options for both national policy makers and local economic development officials, and argues for increased federal support for local takeovers of closing branch plants and subsidiaries and for financial and adjustment assistance for displaced workers.


Job-Saving Strategies: Worker Buyouts And Qwl, Arthur Hochner, Cherlyn S. Granrose, Judith Goode, Eileen R. Appelbaum, Elaine Simon Jan 1988

Job-Saving Strategies: Worker Buyouts And Qwl, Arthur Hochner, Cherlyn S. Granrose, Judith Goode, Eileen R. Appelbaum, Elaine Simon

Upjohn Press

This book probes the effectiveness of two job-saving strategies, worker buyouts and QWL (quality of worklife) programs, used to try to reverse the shutdown of a chain of supermarkets in Philadelphia.


Worker Dislocation: Case Studies Of Causes And Cures, Robert F. Cook Editor Jan 1987

Worker Dislocation: Case Studies Of Causes And Cures, Robert F. Cook Editor

Upjohn Press

This book describes various projects to assist dislocated workers under Title III of the JTPA, and offers lessons on what has and hasn't worked.


Saving Plants And Jobs: Union-Management Negotiations In The Context Of Threatened Plant Closing, Paul F. Gerhart Jan 1987

Saving Plants And Jobs: Union-Management Negotiations In The Context Of Threatened Plant Closing, Paul F. Gerhart

Upjohn Press

Gerhart uses a case study approach to examine why plants become economically inviable as well as how to prevent this from happening prematurely.


Human Resource Policy Issues: Panel On Technology And Employment, Committee On Science, Engineering, And Public Policy, H. Allan Hunt Sep 1986

Human Resource Policy Issues: Panel On Technology And Employment, Committee On Science, Engineering, And Public Policy, H. Allan Hunt

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


Hearing On Fair Reduction-In-Force (Rif) Practice Act Of 1984 (H.R. 6080) Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Post Office And Civil Service Subcommittee On Human Resources: Testimony, Wayne R. Wendling Sep 1984

Hearing On Fair Reduction-In-Force (Rif) Practice Act Of 1984 (H.R. 6080) Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Post Office And Civil Service Subcommittee On Human Resources: Testimony, Wayne R. Wendling

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


The Plant Closure Policy Dilemma: Labor, Law And Bargaining, Wayne R. Wendling Jan 1984

The Plant Closure Policy Dilemma: Labor, Law And Bargaining, Wayne R. Wendling

Upjohn Press

Examines the role of collective bargaining in plant closings.


Field Hearing On Displaced Workers: Meeting Their Special Needs: [Testimony], Wayne R. Wendling May 1983

Field Hearing On Displaced Workers: Meeting Their Special Needs: [Testimony], Wayne R. Wendling

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


Hearings On The Impact Of Technology On The Workforce Of The 1980'S: [Testimony], H. Allan Hunt May 1983

Hearings On The Impact Of Technology On The Workforce Of The 1980'S: [Testimony], H. Allan Hunt

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


Determinants Of Female Reentrant Unemployment, Ethel B. Jones Jan 1983

Determinants Of Female Reentrant Unemployment, Ethel B. Jones

Upjohn Press

Examines the extent that women undergo a spell of unemployment upon reentering the workforce, and the factors that influence such a spell.


Hearing On Displaced Workers: Testimony, Saul J. Blaustein Dec 1982

Hearing On Displaced Workers: Testimony, Saul J. Blaustein

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


Robotics: Human Resource Implications For Michigan: A Research Summary, H. Allan Hunt, Timothy L. Hunt Dec 1982

Robotics: Human Resource Implications For Michigan: A Research Summary, H. Allan Hunt, Timothy L. Hunt

Reports

No abstract provided.


Plant Closings And Economic Dislocation, Jeanne P. Gordus, Paul Jarley, Louis A. Ferman Jan 1981

Plant Closings And Economic Dislocation, Jeanne P. Gordus, Paul Jarley, Louis A. Ferman

Upjohn Press

Provides a summary of the literature on 20 years of plant closings, including case studies of 27 plant shutdowns.