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The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs

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  • Nan L. Maxwell

    (California State University, East Bay)

Abstract

Maxwell extablishes the link between skills and low-skilled jobs and reveals the state of he labor market facing low-skilled workers.

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  • Nan L. Maxwell, 2006. "The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number twl, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:twl
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    Cited by:

    1. Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán & Pamela A. Izvănariu & Victor Narro, 2013. "The Development of Sectoral Worker Center Networks," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 647(1), pages 102-123, May.
    2. Lucia Mýtna Kureková & Zuzana Žilinčíková, 2016. "Are student jobs flexible jobs? Using online data to study employers’ preferences in Slovakia," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 5(1), pages 1-14, December.
    3. Beblavý, Miroslav & Fabo, Brian & Lenaerts, Karolien, 2016. "Skills Requirements for the 30 Most-Frequently Advertised Occupations in the United States: An analysis based on online vacancy data," CEPS Papers 11406, Centre for European Policy Studies.
    4. Andreas Leibbrandt & John A. List, 2015. "Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 61(9), pages 2016-2024, September.
    5. Eleftheria KOLOKYTHA & Georgios KOLOKYTHAS & Fotini PERDIKI & Stavros VALSAMIDIS, 2018. "Labour Job Digitalization: Myths And Realities," Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences, University of Pitesti, vol. 17(2), pages 3-18.
    6. Kureková, Lucia Mýtna & Žilin?íková, Zuzana, 2015. "Low-Skilled Jobs and Student Jobs: Employers' Preferences in Slovakia and the Czech Republic," IZA Discussion Papers 9145, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Nan L. Maxwell, 2008. "Labor Markets And Health Benefits: The Offer And Restrictions On It," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 26(1), pages 73-88, January.
    8. Bruno Škrinjarić, 2022. "Competence-based approaches in organizational and individual context," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, December.
    9. Holland, Brian, 2018. "Defining and Measuring Workforce Development in the United States in a Post-Bipartisan Era," GLO Discussion Paper Series 234, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

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    Keywords

    low-skilled workers; low-skilled jobs; career development; human capital;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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