Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This report analyzes changes in the distribution of income in the United States over the last 25 years. In an effort to explain contradictory findings in previous research, it uses microdata from the Current Population Survey to examine how the distribution of income and wages has changed for families, individuals, and workers. The author also compares her findings with those of previous studies in an attempt to resolve the controversies in the literature. This study presents a serious challenge to the conventional wisdom that there is a relatively stable income distribution in the United States. In the last two decades, income inequality has been increasing, both among families and individuals, and among workers. Although the magnitude of the changes in the income distribution and the timing of the changes can depend upon how income and inequality are measured, the net result is that the gap in family income and wages between those at the top of the income or wage scale and those at the bottom has widened, at least since the mid-1970s. These changes in the U.S. income distribution are indicative of more fundamental changes in the composition of families and workers, and in the structure of the economy.

Income distribution --- United States --- Economic conditions

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In Welfare Reform, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies to assess how welfare reform has affected behavior. To broaden our understanding of this wide-ranging policy reform, the authors evaluate the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior.

330.101 --- 316.323.65 --- Economische analyse. Economische methodologie. Economische onderzoeksmethoden--(theoretische economie) --- Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat --- Public welfare --- Welfare recipients --- 316.323.65 Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat --- 330.101 Economische analyse. Economische methodologie. Economische onderzoeksmethoden--(theoretische economie)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? With its eye on forming sound policy and helping stakeholders in the private and public sectors make informed decisions, the U.S. Department of Labor asked RAND to look at the future of work. The authors analyze trends in and the implications of shifting demographic patterns, the pace of technological change, and the path of economic globalization.

Social prediction --- Economic forecasting --- Prévision sociale --- Prévision économique --- Castro, Fidel, --- Cuba --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Forecasting --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales --- Conditions économiques --- Prévision --- ECONOMICS -- 930.32 --- Castro, Fidel. --- Labor supply--United States--Forecasting. --- Work environment--United States--Forecasting. --- Working class--United States--Forecasting. --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Latin America --- Working class --- Labor supply --- Work environment --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Employment forecasting --- Forecasting. --- Prévision sociale --- Prévision économique --- Conditions économiques --- Prévision --- Climate, Workplace --- Environment, Work --- Places of work --- Work places --- Working conditions, Physical --- Working environment --- Workplace --- Workplace climate --- Workplace environment --- Worksite environment --- Labor force --- Labor force participation --- Labor pool --- Work force --- Workforce --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Labor market --- Human capital --- Labor mobility --- Manpower --- Manpower policy --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- Employment --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Kastro, Fidelʹ, --- Kastro Rus, Fidelʹ, --- Kāstrū, Fīdayl, --- Ruz, Fidel Castro, --- Castro Ruz, Fidel, --- Kaxtro, Fidel, --- Kastro, Phintel, --- Kāsṭrō, K̲apiṭal, --- קסטרו, פידל, --- 卡斯特罗菲德尔, --- كاسترو، فيدل،

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This study focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education (ECE) caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California. It aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the state's ECE workforce professional development system and a set of recommendations for improving the system's effectiveness.

Early childhood educators --- Child care workers --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Training of --- Cottage parents --- Group parents --- House parents --- Workers, Child care --- Educators, Early childhood --- Educators

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The labor market in the United States has always been more flexible than labor markets of other Western societies. American employers have been relatively unencumbered in dismissing poor performers or adjusting the labor force in response to exogenous changes in product demand, technological change, or the competitive environment. Recently, however, state judiciaries have adopted a number of wrongful-termination doctrines that challenge the "employment-at-will" rule. This report provides the first empirical estimates of the aggregate effects of wrongful termination. It outlines the major exceptions to employment at will that have been adopted by state court jurisdictions. It also examines the timing and pattern of state adoption of the new doctrines. In an econometric analysis, it identifies those political, legal, and economic factors that are correlated with, and possibly causes of, the changes in court views of employee job protection. The authors also consider the economic factors that may have induced changes in the legal environment to derive reliable causal inferences about the subsequent effect on labor markets. The authors also evaluate the likely consequences of the legal changes for the behavior of business decisionmakers and derive testable implications for labor-market outcomes. Finally, they present their empirical findings on state-level employment effects that can be linked to expanding liabilities. The findings suggest that the indirect effects of wrongful-termination doctrines are 100 times more costly than the direct legal costs of jury awards, settlements, and attorney fees. Whether or not these changes are desirable depends upon whether or not there are compensating benefits to employees, firms, or society at large.

Labor market --- Employees --- Employers' liability --- Dismissal of --- Law and legislation