Transitions through the labor market : work, occupation, earnings and retirement /

• Other Authors: Polachek, S. W. (Editor), Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Research in labor economics ; v. 46.
• Subjects: Labor market.; Employee selection.; Employees > Dismissal of.; Retirees.; Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning.; Retirement.

Understanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume containsseven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labormarket transitions. Questions a...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Racial differences in labor market transitions and the great recession
• The optimal graduated minimum wage and social welfare
• Promotion determinants in corporate hierarchies: an examination of fast tracks and functional area
• Flattening firms and wage distribution
• Wage determination in social occupations: the role of individual social capital
• Computer gaming and the gender math gap: cross-country evidence among teenagers
• The role of health in retirement
• Index.