| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 327 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Individual rights and collective agents : the role of old and new workplace institutions in the regulation of labor markets / David Weil -- White hats or Don Quixotes? human rights vigilantes in the global economy / Kimberly Ann Elliott and Richard B. Freemen -- Living wage movement : what is it, why is it, and what's known about its impact? / Jared Bernstein -- Role and functioning of public-interest legal organizations in the enforcement of the employment laws / Christine Jolls -- Unionization of professional and technical workers : the labor market and institutional transformation / Richard W. Hurd and John Bunge -- A workers' lobby to provide portable benefits / Joni Hersch -- A submerging labor market institution? unions and the nonwage aspects of work / Thomas C. Buchmueller, John E. DiNardo, and Robert G. Valletta -- Union participation in strategic decisions of corporations / Eileen Appelbaum and Larry W. Hunter -- Development intermediaries and the training of low-wage workers / Lisa M. Lynch. |
| Summary |
Private sector unionism is in decline in the US. This volume examines the strategies being employed by unions to protect their positions & also looks at the new institutions, such as NGOs & community groups, that are concerned with workers' interests. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor market.
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Labor market. |
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Labor unions.
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Labor unions. |
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Industrial relations.
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Industrial relations. |
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White collar workers.
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White collar workers. |
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Work environment.
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Work environment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
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Hersch, Joni, 1956-
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Mishel, Lawrence R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Emerging labor market institutions for the twenty-first century. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005 0226261573 (DLC) 2004055330 (OCoLC)55887278 |
| ISBN |
9780226261812 (electronic book) |
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0226261816 (electronic book) |
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1281125652 |
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9781281125651 |
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0226261573 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226261584 |
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9780226261577 (cloth) |
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0226261581 (paper) |
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