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Demanding work : the paradox of job quality in the affluent economy
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ISBN: 0691134413 1299988113 0691117128 1400849438 9780691117126 9781400849437 9780691134413 Year: 2006 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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Since the early 1980's, a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialized world. Many workers are doing more skilled and fulfilling jobs, and getting paid more for their trouble. Yet it is often alleged that the quality of work life has deteriorated, with a substantial and rising proportion of jobs providing low wages and little security, or requiring unusually hard and stressful effort. In this unique and authoritative formal account of changing job quality, economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from public opinion surveys and administrative data. In most affluent countries average pay levels have risen along with economic growth, a major exception being the United States. Skill requirements have increased, potentially meaning a more fulfilling time at work. Set against these beneficial trends, however, are increases in inequality, a strong intensification of work effort, diminished job satisfaction, and less employee influence over daily work tasks. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Demanding Work shows how aspects of job quality are related, and how changes in the quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. The book concludes by discussing what individuals, firms, unions, and governments can do to counter declining job quality.


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Skills and skilled work : an economic and social analysis
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ISBN: 019166717X 0191808660 9780191667176 1299553001 9781299553002 9780191808661 9780199642854 0199642850 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Skills are frequently in the news and in the public eye in every country. Stories highlight concerns about education and literacy standards, grades, learning by rote, and university students being unprepared for work, as well as debates surrounding internships and apprenticeships, and social exclusion through skills policy. The recent financial crisis has forced education and training to take a back seat, and has caused an increase in youth unemployment. Skill and skilled work arewidely considered important for promoting both prosperity and social justice. But how do we define skill? Skills an

Issues in political economy: a critical approach
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ISBN: 0333253760 Year: 1979 Publisher: London Macmillan

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Skills and skilled work : an economic and social analysis.
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ISBN: 9780199642854 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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Overview Description Table of Contents Author Information Reviews and AwardsCoverSkills and Skilled WorkAn Economic and Social AnalysisFrancis GreenDescriptionSkills are frequently in the news and in the public eye in every country. Stories highlight concerns about education and literacy standards, grades, learning by rote, and university students being unprepared for work, as well as debates surrounding internships and apprenticeships, and social exclusion through skills policy. The recent financial crisis has forced education and training to take a back seat, and has caused an increase in youth unemployment. Skill and skilled work are widely considered important for promoting both prosperity and social justice. But how do we define skill?Skills and Skilled Work brings together multiple perspectives- economics, sociology, management, psychology, and political science- to present an original framework for understanding skills, skilled work, and surrounding policies. Focussing on common themes across countries, it establishes the concept and measurement of skill, and investigates the role of employers, workers, and other social actors. It considers a variety of skill problems and how a social response from the government can be understood. Based on the findings of economics, management science, and theories of social determination, it develops a rationale for social intervention beyond market failure.This book weighs up both the prospects and the limitations of what can be achieved for societies with a better emphasis on skills and skilled work, and it promotes the study of skill in modern economies as a distinct sub-field. (Provided by publisher)


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Calendar of deeds and documents
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Year: 1921 Publisher: Aberystwyth Cardiff National Library of Wales University of Wales Press Board

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The Archaeological and Documentary evidence for Plants from the Medieval Period in England

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Working on the chain gang? An examination of rising effort levels in Europe in the 1990s
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Year: 2000 Publisher: London Centre for Economic Performance

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"Graduate Jobs" in OECD countries : Analysis Using A New Indicator Based on High Skills Use
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Year: 2016 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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A recurring issue for education policy-makers is the labour market effect of the long-term global mass expansion of higher education, particularly on what is a “graduate job”. The traditional assumption is that graduate jobs are virtually coterminous with professional and managerial occupations. A new indicator of graduate jobs, termed ISCO(HE)2008, is derived using task-based data drawn from the The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). The new classification shows that several jobs in ISCO major group 3 “Technicians and Associate Professionals” are also classed as graduate jobs in many countries. Altogether, 27.6% of jobs are classified as graduate jobs in the 15 OECD country-regions for which we have data. Considerable variation in the proportion of graduate jobs is found across industries and countries and in the short period from 2011 to 2013, the proportion of graduate jobs has become more diverse across countries.

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The profit system
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ISBN: 0140227164 Year: 1987 Publisher: Harmondsworth Penguin books

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