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Employment and Training R&D: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

R. Thayne Robson
1984

Papers by Eli Ginzburg, Howard Rosen, Gary Burtless, Robert Haveman, and Daniel Saks explore employment and training policy.
The Plant Closure Policy Dilemma: Labor, Law and Bargaining

Wayne R. Wendling
1984

Examines the role of collective bargaining in plant closings.
Union-Management Cooperation: Structure, Process, Impact

Michael H. Schuster
1984

Presents the findings of a five-year study of the structure, process and impact of six forms of union-management programs aimed at improving productivity.
Worker Participation and American Unions: Threat or Opportunity

Thomas A. Kochan, Harry Charles Katz, and Nancy R. Mower
1984

A comprehensive analysis of the effects of QWL and other forms of worker participation on the collective bargaining process.
Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey

Michael E. Borus
1984

Seven papers probe youth's relationship with the labor market.
Determinants of Female Reentrant Unemployment

Ethel B. Jones
1983

Examines the extent that women undergo a spell of unemployment upon reentering the workforce, and the factors that influence such a spell.
Federal-State Relations in Unemployment Insurance: A Balance of Power

Murray Rubin
1983

Examines the extent to which the federal-state balance of power has contributed to the success of America's UI system.
Human Resource Implications of Robotics

H. Allan Hunt and Timothy L. Hunt
1983

The authors contend that the introduction of robots into the workplace is simply another stage in the long history of the automation of production, and that the effects will be evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
Policy Issues in Work and Retirement

Herbert S. Parnes
1983

This is a collection of papers that focuses on the human resource implications of individual and population aging.
Worker Learning and Worktime Flexibility: A Policy Discussion Paper

Gretl S. Meier
1983

Explores how flexible work patterns might be used to extend education and training opportunities.
Hardship: The Welfare Consequences of Labor Market Problems: A Policy Discussion Paper

Robert Taggart
1982

Taggart offers a series of alternative measures of hardship to reassess labor market and intergenerational problems, and alternative microeconomic policies.
Labor-Management Cooperation: The American Experience

Irving Herbert Siegel and Edgar Weinberg
1982

Examines a variety of cooperative arrangements and the resulting problems and successes.
Second Thoughts on Work

Sar A. Levitan and Clifford M. Johnson
1982

Assesses the changing nature of work, the meaning of work, dissatisfaction with work, and interest in work reform.
The Business Climate in Michigan: Wage & Tax Cost Considerations

Timothy L. Hunt
1982

Uses a broad definition of "business climate" to assess the attractiveness of Michigan as a place to do business.
The Federal Supplemental Benefits Program: An Appraisal of Emergency Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Walter Corson and Walter Nicholson
1982

Examines emergency policies to extend UI benefits during recessionary periods.
Unemployment Experience of Individuals Over a Decade: Variations by Sex, Race and Age

Herbert S. Parnes
1982

Uses NLS data to show that unemployment leads to lost earnings and long-term reductions in earning capacity.
Unemployment Insurance Fund Insolvency and Debt in Michigan

Saul J. Blaustein
1982

Examines the complexities of Michigan's UI tax structure, fund insolvency problems, an measures to correct these situations.
What's Happening to American Labor Force and Productivity Measurements?

National Council on Employment Policy
1982

A series of papers that combine to say that labor force and productivity data systems face a problem of deterioration. They also suggest appropriate steps to strengthen these systems.
Workers' Compensation System in Michigan: A Closed Case Survey

H. Allan Hunt
1982

Provides a data base for analysis of workers' comp issues in Michigan, and offers a comparison between cases from insured and self-insured employers.
A Fisherman's Guide: An Assessment of Training and Remediation Strategies

Robert Taggart
1981

A thoughtful evaluation of the entire CETA system.
Do Tax Abatements "Impair" the Financing of Local Public Education

Wayne R. Wendling
1981

Looks at whether tax abatements have hurt public schools' ability to finance local education.
Fuller Employment with Less Inflation

Irving Herbert Siegel
1981

Ten essays that focus on the tendency toward a combination of inflation and high employment during the 1970s.
Inflation Protection for Workers' Compensation Claimants in Michigan: A Simulation Study

H. Allan Hunt
1981

Explores the idea of a privately funded, publicly administered benefit adjustment program to protect wc beneficiaries from inflation.
Issues Related to Tax Exemptions for Commerce and Industry

Wayne R. Wendling
1981

Looks at the effectiveness of tax exemptions in attracting industry.
Job and Income Security for Unemployed Workers: Some New Directions

Saul J. Blaustein
1981

Proposes a "Job Security System" that would restructure and integrate most of the existing public programs designed to aid the unemployed worker.