NEW BOOKS

Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946
Ruth Wasem
Wasem examines the impacts and implications of the Employment Act of 1946 and discusses how provisions of the Act might be useful for today's policymakers.

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Occupational Labor Shortages: Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Occupational Labor Shortages: Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures
Burt S. Barnow, John Trutko, and Jaclyn Schede Piatak
This book will help readers understand why occupational shortages arise, how to know a shortage when it is present, and how to assess strategies to alleviate the shortage.

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Dragon vs. Eagle: The Chinese Economy and U.S.-China Relations

Dragon vs. Eagle: The Chinese Economy and U.S.-China Relations
Wei-Chiao Huang and Huizhong Zhou, Editors
This book contains a group of papers that examine the complex and evolving economic relationship between China and the United States.

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Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences

Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences
Lauren D. Appelbaum, Editor
An international group of researchers presents work that focuses on the economic and psychological consequences resulting from lengthy detachment from the workforce and on policies that might ameliorate long-term unemployment.

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The Health and Wealth of a Nation: Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act

The Health and Wealth of a Nation: Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act
Nan L. Maxwell
This research examines the behaviors of firms with respect to their provision of health care prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) deliberations and uses those behaviors to forecast changes in employer-sponsored health insurance that might occur once the ACA is fully implemented.

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