Worker Well-Being

by Solomon W. Polachek

How do technology, public works projects, mental health, race, gender, mobility, retirement benefits, and macroeconomic policies affect worker well-being? This volume contains fourteen original chapters utilizing the latest econometric techniques to answer this question. The findings include the following: technology gains explain over half the decline in U.S. unemployment and over two-thirds the reduction in U.S. inflation; universal health coverage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762306939
• ISBN13: 9780762306930
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"