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    The Transformation of Employment

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    Experts discuss improving job quality in low-wage industries including retail, residential construction, hospitals and long-term healthcare, restaurants, manufacturing, and long-haul trucking.Americans work harder and longer than our counterparts in other industrialized nations. Yet prosperity remains elusive to many. Workers in such low-wage industries as retail, restaurants, and home ... Leer más

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    The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It

    de Paul Osterman ...
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