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Author Officer, Lawrence H

Title Two centuries of compensation for U.S. production workers in manufacturing / Lawrence H. Officer
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) : illustrations
Contents Methodology -- Data sources -- Existing earnings and wage series -- Plan for construction of new series -- Average hourly earnings -- Average hourly benefits -- Nominal compensation, real compensation, and standard of living
Summary Production workers continue to be an important group in the economy. Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing is the first long-run annual series of average hourly compensation for U.S. production workers in manufacturing. Officer reviews both data sources and existing literature on related historical series as well as using current official statistics. The new series provides original insights into the standard of living of these workers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index
Notes English
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Subject Wages -- Manufacturing industries -- United States
Industrial relations.
Personnel & human resources management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Business and Management.
Wages -- Manufacturing industries
Löner -- historia -- Förenta staterna.
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230621305
0230621309
023061566X
9780230615663
1282532324
9781282532328
9786612532320
6612532327