Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research v
3. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research vi
4. Contents vii
5. Prefatory Note xi
6. Introduction 1
7. I. TRENDS IN COMPENSATION AND JOB QUALITY
8. 1. What Do We Really Know about Changes in Wage Inequality? 17
9. 2. Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality 63
10. 3. Are the New Jobs Good Jobs? 101
11. 4. New Data for Answering Old Questions Regarding Employee Stock Options 149
12. II. LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS, JOB SECURITY, AND JOB ATTACHMENT
13. 5. Adjusted Estimates of Worker Flows and Job Openings in JOLTS 187
14. 6. Job Loss and the Decline in Job Security in the United States 223
15. 7. What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States?: Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys 267
16. 8. Measuring Tradable Services and the Task Content of Offshorable Services Jobs 309
17. III. HOURS OF WORK
18. 9. Why Do BLS Hours Series Tell Different Stories about Trends in Hours Worked? 343
19. IV. THE EFFECTS OF CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
20. 10. The Effect of Population Aging on the Aggregate Labor Market 377
21. 11. Emerging Labor Market Trends and Workplace Safety and Health 425
22. 12. Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies 457
23. Contributors 493
24. Author Index 497
25. Subject Index 503