{"product_id":"whos-not-working-and-why-employment-cognitive-skills-wages-and-the-changing-u-s-labor-market-paperback-9780521794398","title":"Who's Not Working and Why; Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market (Paperback) 9780521794398","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWho's Not Working and Why\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmployment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1999 book explains why wages have become unequal, why wages in high-skilled jobs have risen while others have stagnated or fallen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrederic L. Pryor (Author), David L. Schaffer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521794398, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 August 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 12 b\/w illus.  52 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In this ingenious and important book, Pryor and Schaffer attempt to make sense of observations about resent U.S. history. Part of what makes their treatment ingenious is the fact that they supplement the Current Population Survey, the customary source in this sort of inquiry, with data on cognitive capacities from the National Adult Literacy Survey, which contain information on both language and quantitative skills.\"   Canada Review of Sociology Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePresenting a radically different view of the operations of the labor market, in this 1999 book Professors Pryor and Schaffer explain the growing inequality in wages and how those with the least education are being squeezed out of the labor market. Why have wages in those jobs requiring extra-high cognitive skills risen while all other wages have stagnated or fallen? And why are more university graduates taking high-school jobs? The authors of this volume present data revealing that jobs which require a high educational level are increasing more slowly than those with somewhat lower requirements. However such jobs are increasing faster than those requiring still less formal education. Professors Pryor and Schaffer also show how women are replacing men in jobs which require higher levels of education and, moreover, how those with high cognitive skills are replacing those with lower cognitive skills.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. The changing labor market\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Employment, Cognitive Skills, and Job Displacement: 2. Cognitive skills, education, and other determinants of employment\u003cbr\u003e 3. Upskilling and educational upgrading of occupations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Labor force displacement mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Wage Levels and Distribution: 5. Wage levels\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Distribution of Hourly Wages\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Alternative Approaches: 7. Five misleading theories about joblessness\u003cbr\u003e 8. Notes on subjective and institutional factors\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Implications and Interpretations: 9. Final observations\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265097158936,"sku":"9780521794398","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521794398i.jpg?v=1692019534","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whos-not-working-and-why-employment-cognitive-skills-wages-and-the-changing-u-s-labor-market-paperback-9780521794398","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}