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1000371
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b754741
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A future of good jobs? : : America's challenge in the global economy /\ Timothy J. Bartik, Susan N. Houseman, editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Kalamazoo, Mich. :: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,, 2008.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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1435641035
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: 9781435641037
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0880993316
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0880993324
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9780880993319
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9780880993326
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The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 2007.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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In this book, leading policy analysts examine the challenges facing U.S. labor market policy and propose solid steps to make American workers and employers more competitive in a global economy.
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Industrial management-- United States, Congresses.
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Labor market-- United States, Congresses.
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Labor supply-- United States, Congresses.
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Manpower policy-- United States, Congresses.
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Occupational training-- United States, Congresses.
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Arbeitsangebot
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Arbeitsmarkt
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Arbeitsmarktpolitik
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Industrial management.
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Labor market.
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Labor supply.
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Manpower policy.
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Occupational training.
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Industrial management-- United States.
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Labor market-- United States.
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Labor supply-- United States.
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Manpower policy-- United States.
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Occupational training-- United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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Washington DC, 2007
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| Dewey Classification
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331.10973
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HD5724.F88 2008eb
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F249. 712. 1-532clc
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| Added Entry
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Bartik, Timothy J.
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Houseman, Susan N.,1956-
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W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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