Where Are All the Good Jobs Going?: What National and Local Job Quality and Dynamics Mean for U.s. Workers by Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane, David B. Rosenblum, Fredrik (2011) Paperback

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By Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane, David B. Rosenblum, Fredrik Andersson: Where Are All the Good Jobs Going?: What National and Local Job Quality and Dynamics Mean for U.s. Workers

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(Where are All the Good Jobs Going?: What National and Local Job Quality and Dynamics Mean for U.S. Workers ) Author: Harry J. Holzer Jan-2011

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What Employers Want: Job Prospects for Less-Educated Workers (Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality)

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A very important contribution to the field of labor economics, and in particular to the understanding of the labor market forworkers with relatively low skill levels. I think we have the sense that the market looks bad, but haven't been clear on how bad it is, or how it got that way. What Employers Want provides some of the answers and identifies the important questions. It is essential reading. —Jeffrey S. Zax, University of Colorado at Boulder The substantial deterioration in employment and earnings among the nation's less-educated workers, especially minorities and younger males in the nation's big cities, has been tentatively ascribed to a variety of causes: an increase in required job skills, the movement of companies from the cities to the suburbs, and a rising unwillingness to hire minority job seekers. What Employers Want is the first book to replace conjecture about today's job market with first-hand information gleaned from employers about who gets hired. Drawn from asurvey of over 3,000 employers in four major metropolitan areas—Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and Detroit—this volume provides a wealth of data on what jobs are available to the less-educated, in what industries, what skills they require, where they are located, what they pay, and how they are filled. The evidence points to a dramatic surge in suburban, white-collar jobs. The manufacturing industry—once a steady employer of blue-collar workers—has been eclipsed by the expanding retail trade and service industries, where the vast majority of jobs are in clerical, managerial, or sales positions. Since manufacturing establishments have been the most likely employers to move from the central cities to the suburbs, the shortage of jobs for low-skill urban workers is particularly acute. In the central cities, the problem is compounded and available jobs remain vacant because employers increasingly require greater cognitive and social skills as well as specific job-related experience. Holzer reveals the extent to which minorities are routinely excluded by employer recruitment and screening practices that rely heavily on testing, informal referrals, and stable work histories. The inaccessible location and discriminatory hiring patterns of suburban employers further limit the hiring of black males in particular, while earnings, especially for minority females, remain low. Proponents of welfare reform often assume that stricter work requirements and shorter eligibility periods will effectively channel welfare recipients toward steady employment and off federal subsidies. What Employers Want directly challenges this premise and demonstrates that only concerted efforts to close the gap between urban employers and inner city residents can produce healthy levels of employment in the nation's cities. Professor Holzer outlines the measures that will benecessary—targeted education and training programs, improved transportation and job placement, heightened enforcement of antidiscrimination laws, and aggressive job creation strategies. Repairing urban labor markets will not be easy. This book shows why. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality

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"At a time when we are desperate for any jobs at all, we must remember that the quality of work is also important. Far too many people work hard yet cannot support their families and have few prospects for upward mobility. Harry Holzer, Julia Lane, David Rosenblum, and Fredrik Andersson help us understand the trajectory of job creation in America and where good jobs come from. They utilize a uniqu...

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Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men

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By several recent counts, the United States is home to 2 to 3 million youth age 16 through 24 who are out of school and out of work Much has been written on disadvantaged youth, and government policy has gone through many incarnations, yet questions remain unanswered. Why are so many young people "disconnected," and what can public policy do about it? And why has disconnection become more common for young men—particularly African-American men and low-income men—than for young women? In Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men, Edelman, Holzer, and Offner offer analysis and policy prescriptions to solve this growing crisis. They carefully examine field programs and research studies and recommend specific strategies to enhance education, training, and employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth; to improve the incentives of less-skilled young workers to accept employment; and to address the severe barriers and disincentives faced by some youth, such as ex-offenders and noncustodial fathers. The result is a clear guidebook for policymakers, and an important distillation for anyone interested in the plight of today’s disconnected youth.

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Where Are All the Good Jobs Going?: What National and Local Job Quality and Dynamics Mean for U.s. Workers

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Deindustrialization in the United States has triggered record-setting joblessness in manufacturing centers from Detroit to Baltimore. At the same time, global competition and technological change have actually stimulated both new businesses and new jobs. The jury is still out, however, on how many of these positions represent a significant source of long-term job quality and security. And the US labor market remains the most unequal in the industrialized world with an ever-widening wage gap between the top 1 percent of earners and the rest of the American labor force. Where are All the Good Jobs Going? addresses the most pressing questions for today s workers: whether the US labor market can still produce jobs with good pay and benefits for the majority of workers and whether these jobs can remain stable over time. What constitutes a good job, who gets them, and are they becoming more or less secure? Where are All the Good Jobs Going? examines US job quality and volatility from the perspectives of both workers and employers. The authors analyze the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) data compiled by the US Census Bureau, which comprises wage records on individual workers and employers, linked to survey data from such sources as the US Census and the Current Population Survey. The book covers data for twelve states during eleven years, 1992 2003, resulting in an unprecedented examination of workers and firms in several industries over time. Counter to conventional wisdom, the authors find, good jobs are not disappearing but their character and location have changed. The market produces fewer good jobs in manufacturing and more in professional services and finance. Not surprisingly, the best jobs with the highest pay still go to the most educated workers. The most vulnerable workers older, low-income, and low-skilled work in the most insecure environments where they can be easily downsized or displaced in a fickle labor market. These workers suffer greater earnings loss than those who leave their jobs voluntarily and they are hardest hit by the inability to find a comparable position elsewhere. A higher federal minimum wage and increased unionization can contribute to the creation of good paying jobs. So can economic strategies that help smaller metropolitan areas support new businesses. These efforts, however, must function in tandem with policies that prepare workers for available positions, such as improving general educational attainment, providing career education and skill-building, and supporting the efforts of those who take on low-wage work with health care, tax credits, and affordable transportation. The challenges American workers face are significant, and Where are All the Good Jobs Going? makes clear that future policies will need to address not only how to produce good jobs but how to produce good workers. This cohesive study takes the necessary first steps with a sensible approach to the needs of workers and the firms that hire them.

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