Labor in the Era of Globalization
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- Clair Brown, University of California, Berkeley
- Barry J. Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
- Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley
- Date Published: December 2009
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The third quarter of the twentieth century was a golden age for labor in the advanced industrial countries, characterized by rising incomes, relatively egalitarian wage structures, and reasonable levels of job security. The subsequent quarter-century has seen less positive performance along a number of these dimensions. This period has instead been marked by rapid globalization of economic activity that has brought increased insecurity to workers. The contributors to this volume, prominent scholars from the United States, Europe, and Japan, distinguish four explanations for this historic shift. These include 1) rapid development of new technologies; 2) global competition for both business and labor; 3) deregulation of industry with more reliance on markets; and 4) increased immigration of workers, especially unskilled workers, from developing countries. In addition to analyzing the causes of these trends, the contributors also investigate important consequences, ranging from changes in collective bargaining and employment relations to family formation decisions and incarceration policy.
Read more- Systematic overview of decline in labor's fortunes by leading students of labor from US/Europe/Japan
- Covers economic/political/sociological/business/historical themes
- While principal emphasis is on US, international comparisons and contrasts are made
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“The essays in this volume drill down below the surface to provide rich explanations for three decades of stagnant wages, rising inequality, and increasing income insecurity. Without ignoring the effects of globalization, immigration, deregulation, and weakening of employment protection, the authors introduce important new analyses that incorporate variously institutions and cultural norms or examine less-studied linkages such as the impact of financial deregulation on labor markets. This is an important book with fresh insights into the causes and consequences of these developments.” – Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University
See more reviews“Bringing together a stellar set of economists and political scientists, this collection weaves economic arguments together with a nuanced analysis of institutions and political choices to explain the unraveling of labor’s gains since the mid-twentieth century. For anyone trying to understand, or do something about, the losses in income and security suffered by working people over the course of the last four decades, it will be an invaluable resource.” – Peter Evans, University of California, Berkeley
“Labor in the Era of Globalization is an awesome mix of political economy and institutional labor economics that shows that institutions – from unions to political structures and from financial institutions to the family and to labor laws – are important determinants of economic outcomes. The book is filled with fascinating, insightful, and occasionally irritating analyses that have more to say about the macro- and microeconomics of labor than the past two to three decades of laissez-faire theorizing. The only thing missing is a health warning on the jacket: Right-wing ideologues, true believers in perfect markets, beware: reading can cause an apoplectic fit, clenched fists, or a primal scream.” – Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
“The uniqueness of this volume is that its research focus goes beyond the standard labor market approach of examining comparative advantages across countries as a key source of international differences of earnings, employment, and job security. In contrast, Labor in the Era of Globalization’s emphasis on institutional arrangements provides a nuanced approach that allows for greater understanding of the differing labor market challenges that workers face in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Its topical coverage coupled with a dispassionate approach toward analysis suggests that this volume will generate great interest from practitioners in business, academia, labor, and government.” – James Peoples, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
"This volume is a valuable contribution to the debates about the deteriorating condition of American wage earners. Highly recommended."
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- Date Published: December 2009
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511654688
- contains: 53 b/w illus. 57 tables
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Table of Contents
Introduction Clair Brown, Barry Eichengreen and Michael Reich
Part I. Political Economy and Labor Market Institutions:
1. Institutions and wages in post-World War II America Frank Levy and Peter Temin
2. American exceptionalism and comparative political economy David Soskice
3. Finance and labor: perspectives on risk, inequality, and democracy Sanford Jacoby
Part II. Institutions and Firm and Worker Behavior:
4. How good are U.S. jobs? Characteristics of job ladders across firms in five industries Clair Brown, Benjamin Campbell, Fredrik Andersson, Hyowook Chiang and Yooki Park
5. Increasing labor flexibility in Japan: the role of female workers in manufacturing Yoshi-Fumi Nakata and Satoru Miyazaki
6. Ties that matter: cultural norms and economic behavior in Western Europe Paola Giuliano
Part III. Contemporary Labor-Management Relations:
7. The new treaty of Detroit: are VEBAs labor's way forward? Teresa Ghilarducci
8. Symphony musicians and symphony orchestras Robert J. Flanagan
9. Wage effects of works councils and collective agreements in Germany Knut Gerlach and Wolfgang Meyer
10. Apprentice strikes, pay structure and training in twentieth-century UK metalworking industry Paul Ryan
Part IV. Public Policy and U.S. Labor Market Structure:
11. Minimum wages in the U.S.: politics, economics and econometrics Michael Reich
12. Understanding the causes and labor market consequences of the steep increase in U.S. incarceration rates Steven Raphael
13. Local labor market adaptation to increased immigration David Card.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Inequality, Poverty & American Politics
- Work Labor and Social Justice in the US
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