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  • Surviving Job Loss: Paper Makers in Maine and Minnesota by Kenneth A. Root and Rosemarie J. Park

    Surviving Job Loss: Paper Makers in Maine and Minnesota

    Kenneth A. Root and Rosemarie J. Park
    2016

    Root and Park examine the plight of long-tenured workers displaced from two paper mills—their paths to reemployment, retirement decisions, and the personal struggles they confront.

  • Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging by John A. Turner

    Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging

    John A. Turner
    2016

    John A. Turner offers a set of reforms for restoring solvency to Social Security that are deemed to have merit in the current political climate. These reforms relate to several vexing issues including increased life expectancy, the growing relationship between income and life expectancy, the declines in the physical demands of jobs, growing income inequality, and the pattern of poverty increasing at older ages.

  • The Economics of Health by Donald J. Meyer, Editor

    The Economics of Health

    Donald J. Meyer, Editor
    2016

    Donald J. Meyer leads a group of notable health economists who explore critical issues—and their economic impacts—facing the nation's healthcare system today. These include lifestyle choices and their health impacts, decisions on medical care and self-care, the fee-for-service payment model, disability and workers’ compensation insurance claims, long-term care, and how various aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) impact the nation’s healthcare system. Contributors include M. Kate Bundorf, Marcus Dillender, John H. Goddeeris, Donald J. Meyer, Edward C. Norton, and Charles E. Phelps.

  • Upjohn Press Catalog 2016-2017 by W.E. Upjohn Institute

    Upjohn Press Catalog 2016-2017

    W.E. Upjohn Institute
    2016

  • Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing by Morris M. Kleiner

    Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing

    Morris M. Kleiner
    2015

    In his third Upjohn Press book on occupational licensing, Morris M. Kleiner examines why the institution of occupational licensing has had such a curious evolution and influence in the United States, the European Union, and China. He also discusses the many similarities it has to guilds.

  • Measuring Globalization: Better Trade Statistics for Better Policy by Susan N. Houseman, Editor and Michael J. Mandel, Editor

    Measuring Globalization: Better Trade Statistics for Better Policy

    Susan N. Houseman, Editor and Michael J. Mandel, Editor
    2015

    Understanding the impacts of globalization requires good data, and national statistical systems were not designed to measure many of the transactions occurring in today’s global economy. The chapters in this volume and its companion volume identify biases and gaps in national statistics, examine the magnitude of the problems they pose, and propose solutions to address significant biases and fill key data gaps.

  • Promise Nation: Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships by Michelle Miller-Adams

    Promise Nation: Transforming Communities through Place-Based Scholarships

    Michelle Miller-Adams
    2015

    Miller-Adams describes how the various "Promise-type" place-based scholarship programs impact college access, financial aid, and community transformation.

  • Student Loans and the Dynamics of Debt by Brad J. Hershbein, Editor and Kevin M. Hollenbeck, Editor

    Student Loans and the Dynamics of Debt

    Brad J. Hershbein, Editor and Kevin M. Hollenbeck, Editor
    2015

    The papers included in this volume represent the most current research and knowledge available about student loans and repayment. It serves as a valuable reference for researchers and policymakers who seek a deeper understanding of how, why, and which students borrow for their postsecondary education; how this borrowing may affect later decisions; and what measures can help borrowers repay their loans successfully.

  • The Political Economy of Good Governance by Sisay Asefa, Editor and Wei-Chiao Huang, Editor

    The Political Economy of Good Governance

    Sisay Asefa, Editor and Wei-Chiao Huang, Editor
    2015

    The contributors to this book capture several of the key dimensions of good governance, as well as what deleterious and negative consequences may arise in its absence. They draw analysis and solutions from diverse sectors such as economics, public administration, management, and political science, in order to treat some of the most pressing societal issues of our time. They connect the importance of education, health, climate change, and poverty to address the challenges of creating a world where more countries embrace good governance policies to benefit their peoples.

  • Upjohn Press Catalog 2015-2016 by W.E. Upjohn Institute

    Upjohn Press Catalog 2015-2016

    W.E. Upjohn Institute
    2015

  • From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education by Timothy J. Bartik

    From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

    Timothy J. Bartik
    2014

    Bartik shows that investment in high-quality early childhood education has several long-term benefits, including higher adult earnings for program participants.

  • Privatizing Railroad Retirement by Steven A. Sass

    Privatizing Railroad Retirement

    Steven A. Sass
    2014

    Sass discusses the evolution of the U.S. Railroad Retirement System and whether its ability to invest its assets in private equities offers any lessons for Social Security.

  • Social Security and Pension Reform: International Perspectives by Marek Szczepański, Editor and John A. Turner, Editor

    Social Security and Pension Reform: International Perspectives

    Marek Szczepański, Editor and John A. Turner, Editor
    2014

    Countries around the world are reforming their social security and pension systems. International studies often focus on social security reforms in Europe and North America, and may include Latin America. Reforms, however, are also occurring in Asia and Africa, and include reforms of voluntary and employer-provided pensions as well as social security programs. This book discusses both social security and employer-provided pension reforms, as well as reforms in most regions of the world.

  • The New Scarlet Letter? Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record by Steven Raphael

    The New Scarlet Letter? Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

    Steven Raphael
    2014

    This book explores the difficulties facing ex-offenders as they try to enter and remain in the U.S. labor market.

  • The Road through the Rust Belt: From Preeminence to Decline to Prosperity by William M. Bowen, Editor

    The Road through the Rust Belt: From Preeminence to Decline to Prosperity

    William M. Bowen, Editor
    2014

    The chapters in this book explore reasons for the decline of "Rust Belt" cities and the often innovative responses of local leaders and entrepreneurs that are helping to revive these areas.

  • What Does the Minimum Wage Do? by Dale Belman and Paul J. Wolfson

    What Does the Minimum Wage Do?

    Dale Belman and Paul J. Wolfson
    2014

    This book attempts to make sense of the research on the minimum wage that began in the early 1990s. The authors look at who is affected by the minimum wage, both directly and indirectly; which observable, measurable variables (e.g., wages, employment, school enrollment) the minimum wage influences; how long it takes for the variables to respond to the minimum wage and the size and desirability of the effect; why the minimum wage has the results it does (and not others); and the workers most likely to be affected by changes to the minimum wage.

  • Occupational Labor Shortages : Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures by Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, and Jaclyn Schede Piatak

    Occupational Labor Shortages : Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures

    Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, and Jaclyn Schede Piatak
    2013

    There has long been concern that shortages sometimes develop and persist in specific occupations, leading to inefficiencies in the U.S. economy. This book will help readers understand why occupational shortages arise, how to know a shortage when it is present, and to assess strategies to alleviate the shortage. As the authors show, many economists, including several U.S. Nobel Prize winners, have studied occupational shortages, and this volume builds on their work.

  • Stages of Occupational Regulation: Analysis of Case Studies by Morris M. Kleiner

    Stages of Occupational Regulation: Analysis of Case Studies

    Morris M. Kleiner
    2013

    Kleiner examines occupations that are at various stages of regulation to determine to what extent regulation has influenced the individuals in the occupations, consumers, and related occupational practitioners.

  • Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946 by Ruth Ellen Wasem

    Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

    Ruth Ellen Wasem
    2013

    Wasem examines the impacts and implications of the Employment Act of 1946 and discusses how provisions of the Act might be useful for today's policymakers.

  • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: The Role of Workforce Programs by Burt S. Barnow, Editor and Richard A. Hobbie, Editor

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: The Role of Workforce Programs

    Burt S. Barnow, Editor and Richard A. Hobbie, Editor
    2013

    This book examines the nature of the workforce development and UI policy decisions made nationwide in response to the recession, state and local administrators’ perspectives on the policy developments and economic challenges, and implementation of key Recovery Act provisions, with a particular focus on workforce development initiatives in the Recovery Act.

  • Dragon versus Eagle: The Chinese Economy and U.S.-China Relations by Wei-Chiao Huang, Editor and Huizhong Zhou, Editor

    Dragon versus Eagle: The Chinese Economy and U.S.-China Relations

    Wei-Chiao Huang, Editor and Huizhong Zhou, Editor
    2012

    This book contains a group of papers that examine the complex and evolving economic relationship between China and the United States.

  • Education Reform and the Limits of Policy: Lessons from Michigan by Michael F. Addonizio and C. Philip Kearney

    Education Reform and the Limits of Policy: Lessons from Michigan

    Michael F. Addonizio and C. Philip Kearney
    2012

    By examining a major set of education policy reforms undertaken in Michigan and across the country over the past 20-plus years, Addonizio and Kearney are able to reveal the varying success of innovations such as finance reform, state assessment of student performance, school accountability measures, charter schools, and schools of choice.

  • Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms by Albert N. Link and John T. Scott

    Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms

    Albert N. Link and John T. Scott
    2012

    Link and Scott provide a statistical assessment of the employment growth associated with public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

  • Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences by Lauren D. Appelbaum, Editor

    Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences

    Lauren D. Appelbaum, Editor
    2012

    The goal of this book is to enable a better understanding of the consequences of long-term unemployment and the policies that are needed to address it. The contributors present research that examines the psychological as well as economic consequences of experiencing a prolonged spell of joblessness. Included are discussions of policies to increase job creation and to get the long-term unemployed back into jobs.

  • The Health and Wealth of a Nation: Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act by Nan L. Maxwell

    The Health and Wealth of a Nation: Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act

    Nan L. Maxwell
    2012

    This research examines the behaviors of firms with respect to their provision of health care prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) deliberations and uses those behaviors to assess changes in employer-sponsored health insurance that might occur once the ACA is fully implemented.

 

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