Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Part I. Wage Subsidies and Public Employment
Chapter 1. Wage Subsidies for the Disadvantaged / Lawrence F. Katz
Chapter 2. The Spatial Dimension: Should Worker Assistance Be Given to Poor People or Poor Places? / Edward M. Gramlich and Colleen M. Heflin
Chapter 3. The Impact of Changes in Public Employment on Low-Wage Labor Markets / Peter Gottschalk
Part II. Changes in Modes of Pay
Chapter 4. Profit-Sharing and the Demand for Low-Skill Workers / Douglas L. Kruse
Chapter 5. The Effects of Employer Mandates / Susan N. Houseman
Part III. Employment Regulations
Chapter 6. Work-Sharing to Full Employment: Serious Option or Populist Fallacy? / Richard B. Freeman
Chapter 7. Employer Hiring Decisions and Antidiscrimination Policy / Harry J. Holzer
Chapter 8. Contingent Work in a Changing Labor Market / Rebecca M. Blank
Part IV. National Differences
Chapter 9. The Collapse in Demand for the Unskilled: What Can Be Done? / Stephen Nickell
Index