The State of Working America: 1996-97
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Documentation and Methodology -- Chapter 1 Family Income: Slow and Unequal Growth -- Sluggish Income Growth -- Young Families Hurt Most -- Income Growth Among Racial/Ethnic Groups -- Only Married Couples Gain -- Growing Inequality of Family Income -- Greater Capital Incomes, Lower Labor Incomes -- The Impact of Demographic Changes on Income -- The Shrinking Middle Class? -- Increased Work by Wives Cushions Income Fall -- Falling Behind the Earlier Generations
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Presentation & Methodology -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1: Family Income: Slow and Unequal Growth -- Sluggish Income Growth -- Young Families Hurt Most -- Income Growth Among Racial/Ethnic Groups -- Only Married Couples Gain -- Growing Inequality of Family Income -- Greater Capital Incomes, Lower Labor Incomes -- The Shrinking Middle Class? -- Increased Work by Wives Cushions Income Fall -- The Downside of Increased Labor Market Work -- Falling Behind the Earlier Generations
In: Mishel, L. (2022). Introduction—The Goliath in the Room: How the False Assumption of Equal Worker–Employer Power Undercuts Workplace Protections. Journal of Law and Political Economy, 3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/LP63159027 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7h12d9nv
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In: Mishel, L. (2022). The Persistent Absence of Full Employment: A Critical Flaw in the Legal "Freedom of Contract" Framework. Journal of Law and Political Economy, 3(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/LP63159034 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0j49c3fc
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In: Challenge: the magazine of economic affairs, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 10-12
ISSN: 1558-1489
In: Transfer: the European review of labour and research ; quarterly review of the European Trade Union Institute, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 406-421
ISSN: 1996-7284
This article reviews wage trends in the USA during the 1990s. Positive findings include rising living standards and a narrowing of the pronounced income inequality, particularly at the bottom. Explanations discussed include sustained low unemployment, 'new economy effects', government policy (e.g. minimum-wage increases), and the limited role of the stock market boom. Problems are identified, such as the increased (paid) work effort required. The article closes with an evaluation of the likely consequences of the recent downturn.
In: Transfer: the European review of labour and research ; quarterly review of the European Trade Union Institute, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 540-553
ISSN: 1996-7284
The economic performance of the United States is sometimes viewed as very successful, especially in comparison to Europe. After all, unemployment has been lower than in Europe and job creation has been higher. The relative superiority of job creation in the United States is frequently exaggerated, however, by comparisons of the absolute numbers of jobs created - a flawed measure because the size of the labor force has been relatively stagnant in Europe while growing in the United States. Moreover, it is infrequently recognised that U.S. job creation in the 1980s was actually inferior to that of the 1970s. Nevertheless, the bigger fault with the claim of U.S. economic superiority (and the implied superiority of "flexible", deregulated labor markets and laissez-faire policies) is that it ignores the deterioration in the standard of living of most Americans over the last 15 years. This paper reviews recent income and wage trends in the United States and finds that widespread income problems have been a continuing feature of the U.S.economy in the early 1990s (continuing through the first half of 1995, the latest data) and will likely continue into the foreseeable future.
In: Transfer: European review of labour and research ; quarterly review of the ETUI Research Department, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 540-553
ISSN: 1024-2589
"Die wirtschaftliche Leistung der Vereinigten Staaten wird zuweilen - vor allem im Vergleich mit Europa - als großer Erfolg gesehen. Schließlich ist die Arbeitslosigkeit niedriger, und es wurden mehr Arbeitsplätze als in Europa geschaffen. Die relative Überlegenheit der Vereinigten Staaten bei der Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen wird allerdings durch den Vergleich absoluter Zahlen oft übertrieben. Diese sind ein schlechter Vergleichsmaßstab, denn während die Anzahl der Erwerbstätigen in Europa in etwa gleich blieb, hat sie in den USA zugenommen. Außerdem wird nur selten berücksichtigt, daß in den Vereinigten Staaten in den 80er Jahren weniger Arbeitsplätze geschaffen wurden als in den 70ern. Der größere Fehler der Behauptung, die US-Wirtschaft (und damit implizit auch die 'flexiblen', deregulierten Arbeitsmärkte und Laissez-Faire-Politiken) sei überlegen, liegt jedoch darin, daß die Verschlechterung des Lebensstandards der meisten Amerikaner in den letzten 15 Jahren außer Acht gelassen wird. In diesem Beitrag werden die jüngsten Einkommens- und Lohntrends in den Vereinigten Staaten untersucht, und es zeigt sich, daß zu Beginn der 90er Jahre (und neusten Daten zufolge bis ins erste Halbjahr 1995) weitverbreitete Einkommensprobleme ständiges Charakteristikum der US-Wirtschaft waren und voraussichtlich in absehbarer Zukunft auch bleiben werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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