Contents
Improving Employment and Earnings in Twenty-First Century Labor Markets: An Introduction / Erica L. Groshen and Harry J. Holzer
Part I. Trends in Labor Demand and Supply
From Immigrants to Robots: The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers / George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman
Public Universities: The Supply Side of Building a Skilled Workforce / John Bound, Breno Braga, Gaurav Khanna, and Sarah Turner
Part II. Making Work Pay: The Fair Labor Standards Act, Unions, and Firm Compensation Policy
Wages and Hours Laws: What Do We Know? What Can Be Done? / Charles C. Brown and Daniel S. Hamermesh
Unions, Worker Voice, and Management Practices: Implications for a High-Productivity, High-Wage Economy / Thomas A. Kochan and William T. Kimball
Part III. Reshaping Labor Markets and Policy Responses
Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States / Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Understanding the Present and Future of Work in the Fissured Workplace Context / David Weil
Part IV. Sharing Prosperity: Minorities, Women, and Nonworking Youth
Gender in the Labor Market: The Role of Equal Opportunity and Family-Friendly Policies / Elizabeth L. Doran, Ann P. Bartel, and Jane Waldfogel
Race in the Labor Market: The Role of Equal Employment Opportunity and Other Policies / William M. Rodgers III
Disconnected Young Adults: Increasing Engagement and Opportunity / Pamela Loprest, Shayne Spaulding, and Demetra Smith Nightingale