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Analyzes the factors influencing the development of welfare legislation in the United States, culminating in the Social Security Act under the F.D. Roosevelt Administration.

Argues that the U.S. retirement income system faces an enormous challenge as the baby boom generation nears retirement age. Explores the use of equities as a means of solving social security's financing problems. By reviewing the experience of the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, examines the three main approaches for introducing equities into the U.S. social security programme.

Based on data from the Area Wage Survey for 20 urban labour markets for the period 1974-1991, examines changes in wage inequality in local labour markets during the 1980s.

Compares different ways in which governments have responded to similar pressures over recent years, and considers how welfare is likely to develop in the future. Provides up to date accounts of welfare states in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden.

This text provides an introduction to personnel economics, showing how economists can make specific predictions and prescriptions for personnel issues that arise in business on a daily basis. The author focuses on compensation and its relation to worker motivation, selection and teamwork.

The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy compares and contrasts the experiences of different nations around important developments, including the labor market consequences of regional trading pacts like the European Community and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The book also explores the international diffusion of new forms of work organization, and the strategies - ranging from corporatism to voluntarism - that nations...

One volume in a series of books on the status of American women, this work focuses on workforce issues such as unemployment, welfare, pensions, retirement, and the family.