Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment and ProductivityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Productivity in the American Economy, 1982
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment and ProductivityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
120 Years of American Education
Author: The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Author: Robert J. GordonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400888956
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated. Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions. A critical voice in the most pressing debates of our time, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come.
U.S. Economy, U.S. Workers, and Immigration Reform
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International LawPublisher:
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Category : Alien labor
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author: Training America
Author: Anthony Patrick CarnevalePublisher:
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Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Race between Education and Technology
Author: Claudia GoldinPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674037731
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world. Its educational system had always been less elite than that of most European nations. By 1900 the U.S. had begun to educate its masses at the secondary level, not just in the primary schools that had remarkable success in the nineteenth century. The book argues that technological change, education, and inequality have been involved in a kind of race. During the first eight decades of the twentieth century, the increase of educated workers was higher than the demand for them. This had the effect of boosting income for most people and lowering inequality. However, the reverse has been true since about 1980. This educational slowdown was accompanied by rising inequality. The authors discuss the complex reasons for this, and what might be done to ameliorate it.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (July - December)
Bill Frist
Author: Bill FristPublisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 0976966832
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The American Economy in Transition
Author: Martin FeldsteinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226241742
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
This unusual volume marks the sixtieth anniversary of the National Bureau of Economic Research. In contrast to the technical and specialized character of most NBER studies, the current book is designed to provide the general reader with a broad and critical overview of the American economy. The result is a volume of essays that range from monetary policy to productivity development, from population change to international trade.