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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement is important both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume contains seven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labor market transitions. Questions answered include: How did hiring and firing decisions change for blacks and Hispanics relative to whites in the Great Recession? Can redesigning the minimum wage lead to more efficient employment transitions and greater social welfare? What are the factors leading a company to fast-track an employee? How does the number of layers in a company’s hierarchical structure affect one’s ability to be promoted? Do women gravitate to more socially caring occupations because they care more than men? Does gaming among youth increase math scores more for boys than girls? And, does good health impede one’s inclination to retire?
Trade ReviewThis volume brings together seven chapters by researchers from North America and France, who explore employment transitions. They address wage and employment transitions related to the entire labor market, including the labor market transitions of African Americans and Hispanics to understand whether minorities are the last hired during periods growth and the first fired during recessions, as well as how the graduated minimum wage can improve social welfare; promotion transitions within the corporate structure; gender in relation to math ability and occupational choice and social capital; and how health impairments affect the transition into retirement. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsPreface;
Solomon W. Polachek and, Konstantinos Tatsiramos Chapter 1. Racial differences in labor market transitions and The Great Recession;
Kenneth A. Couch, Robert Fairlie, and Huanan Xu Chapter 2. The optimal graduated minimum wage and social welfare;
Eliav Danziger and Leif Danziger Chapter 3. Promotion determinants in corporate hierarchies: An examination of fast tracks and functional area;
Christian Belzil, Michael Bognanno, and François Poinas Chapter 4. Flattening firms and wage distribution;
Xin Jin Chapter 5. Wage determination in social occupations: The role of individual social capital;
Julie L. Hotchkiss and Anil Rupasingha Chapter 6. Computer gaming and the gender math gap: Cross-country evidence among teenagers;
Yann Algan and Nicole M. Fortin Chapter 7. The role of health in retirement;
Alan L. Gustman and Thomas L. Steinmeier
