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Selected Works of Susan N. Houseman
Book
A Future of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy
Upjohn Press
  • Timothy J. Bartik, , Editor, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  • Susan N. Houseman, , Editor, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-8181

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-8479

Publication Date
3-28-2008
DOI
10.17848/9781435641037
Abstract

Can the U.S. economy generate healthy growth of “good” jobs—jobs that will ensure a steady improvement in the standard of living for the middle class and that will offer a way out of poverty for low-income Americans? In this book, leading policy analysts examine the challenges facing current U.S. labor market policy and propose concrete steps to make American workers and employers more competitive in a global economy.

Contents

1. Introduction and Overview / Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman

2. Are Skills the Problem? Reforming the Education and Training System in the United States / Robert I. Lerman

3. Revising Employers’ Role in Sponsoring and Financing Health Insurance and Medical Care / Katherine Swartz

4. Trade and Immigration: Implications for the U.S. Labor Market / Lori G. Kletzer

5. Removing Barriers to Work for Older Americans / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman

6. Improving Job Quality: Policies Aimed at the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market / Paul Osterman

7. Boosting the Earnings and Employment of Low-Skilled Workers in the United States: Making Work Pay and Removing Barriers to Employment and Social Mobility / Steven Raphael

Note
The outgrowth of a conference sponsored by the Upjohn Institute in Washington, D.C. in June 2007
ISBN
9780880993326 (cloth) ; 9780880993319 (pbk.) ; 9781435641037 (ebook)
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Citation Information
Bartik, Timothy J., and Susan N. Houseman, eds. 2008. A Future of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Related Files
up08tbfogjch1bg.pdf (317 KB) 1. Introduction and Overview / Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman
up08tbfogjch2bg.pdf (433 KB) 2. Are Skills the Problem?: Reforming the Education and Training System in the United States / Robert I. Lerman
up08tbfogjch3bg.pdf (397 KB) 3. Revising Employers' Role in Sponsoring and Financing Health Insurance and Medical Care / Katherine Swartz
up08tbfogjch4bg.pdf (391 KB) 4. Trade and Immigration: Implications for the U.S. Labor Market / Lori G. Kletzer
up08tbfogjch5bg.pdf (405 KB) 5. Removing Barriers to Work for Older Americans / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
up08tbfogjch6bg.pdf (373 KB) 6. Improving Job Quality: Policies Aimed at the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market / Paul Osterman
up08tbfogjch7bg.pdf (506 KB) 7. Boosting the Earnings and Employment of Low-Skilled Workers in the United States: Making Work Pay and Removing Barriers to Employment and Social Mobility / Steven Raphael