Worker Wellbeing in a Changing Labor Market

by Solomon W. Polachek

How do workers fare in a continually changing labor market? This volume contains fifteen original scientific papers each examining how socio-economic changes affect worker wellbeing. Among the findings are: most increases in female labor force participation occur among women with high husbands' earnings, dispelling the myth that shrinking husbands' relative earnings cause women's work activities to rise; increased globalization equalizes pay between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762308338
• ISBN13: 9780762308330
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"