| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Research in transportation economics ; v. 10 |
|
Research in transportation economics ; v. 10.
|
| Contents |
Front Cover; TRANSPORTATION LABOR ISSUES AND REGULATORY REFORM; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 2. TRENDS IN TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE INJURIES SINCE ECONOMIC DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 3. THE EFFECTS OF TRUCKING FIRM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ON DRIVER SAFETY; CHAPTER 4. AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE WORK LIVES OF TRUCK DRIVERS; CHAPTER 5. AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOLLOWING DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 6. PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND LABOR RELATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES |
| Summary |
Regulatory reform in the late 1970s and early 1980s vastly transformed the labor market for transportation workers. Most research in this area focuses on the effect of deregulation on the earnings of nonmanagement company workers in airline, trucking and rail. Deregulation of transportation industries, though, has had a broader effect on workers. For instance, deregulation also influences workers? hours worked per week, working conditions, worker safety, and a host of other labor issues. Deregulation might also influence the earnings of managers and self-employed workers in transportation indu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Transport workers.
|
|
Transportation -- Deregulation
|
|
Work environment.
|
|
Transportation -- Safety measures.
|
|
Transport workers -- Health and hygiene
|
|
Wages -- Transport workers.
|
|
Transport workers -- Effect of technological innovations on
|
|
Transport workers -- Labor productivity
|
|
Transportation -- Security measures.
|
|
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
|
|
Transportation -- Security measures
|
|
Transport workers
|
|
Transport workers -- Health and hygiene
|
|
Transport workers -- Labor productivity
|
|
Transportation -- Deregulation
|
|
Transportation -- Safety measures
|
|
Wages -- Transport workers
|
|
Work environment
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Peoples, James.
|
|
Talley, Wayne Kenneth.
|
| ISBN |
9780080545523 |
|
0080545521 |
|
