Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface: The Quest for “More and Better Jobs” xv
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. List of Abbreviations xxiii
7. One. Assessing Job Quality in the Affluent Economy 1
8. Two. The Quality of Work Life in the “Knowledge Economy” 24
9. Three. Late Twentieth-Century Trends in Work Effort 44
10. Four. Accounting for Work Intensification 66
11. Five. The Workers’ Discretion 94
12. Six. The Wages of Nations 111
13. Seven. Workers’ Risk 126
14. Eight. Workers’ Well-Being 150
15. Nine. Summary and Implications for Policy on the Quality of Work Life 170
16. Data Set Appendix 185
17. Notes 193
18. References 203
19. Index of Names 219
20. General Index 223