Transitions through the labor market : work, occupation, earnings and retirement

Understanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume containsseven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labormarket transitions. Questions a...

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Other Authors: Polachek, S. W., (Editor), Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Series: Research in labor economics ; v. 46.
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ISBN: 9781787564619 (e-book)
9781787564633 (ePUB)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages).

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245 0 0 |a Transitions through the labor market :  |b work, occupation, earnings and retirement /  |c edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos. 
264 1 |a Bingley, U.K. :  |b Emerald Publishing Limited,  |c 2018. 
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490 1 |a Research in Labor Economics,  |x 0147-9121 ;  |v v. 46 
500 |a Includes index. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 0 |t Prelims --  |t Racial differences in labor market transitions and the great recession --  |t The optimal graduated minimum wage and social welfare --  |t Promotion determinants in corporate hierarchies: an examination of fast tracks and functional area --  |t Flattening firms and wage distribution --  |t Wage determination in social occupations: the role of individual social capital -- Computer gaming and the gender math gap: cross-country evidence among teenagers --  |t The role of health in retirement --  |t Index. 
520 |a Understanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume containsseven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labormarket transitions. Questions answered include: How did hiring and firingdecisions change for blacks and Hispanics relative to whites in the GreatRecession? Can redesigning the minimum wage lead to more efficient employmenttransitions and greater social welfare? What are the factors leading a companyto fast-track an employee? How does the number of layers in a companyshierarchical structure affect ones ability to be promoted? Do women gravitateto more socially caring occupations because they care more than men? Doesgaming among youth increase math scores more for boys than girls? And, doesgood health impede ones inclination to retire? 
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650 0 |a Labor market. 
650 0 |a Employee selection. 
650 0 |a Employees  |x Dismissal of. 
650 0 |a Retirees. 
650 7 |a Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Retirement.  |2 bicssc 
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700 1 |a Polachek, S. W.,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Tatsiramos, Konstantinos,  |e editor. 
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830 0 |a Research in labor economics ;  |v v. 46.  |x 0147-9121 
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