Industrial and Labor Relations Review articles from March 2001

Industrial and Labor Relations Review archives from March 2001

INDUSTRY STUDIES OF WAGE INEQUALITY SYMPOSIUM INTRODUCTION.
March 1, 2001... HARRY C. KATZ [*] The seven papers in the symposium that follows use data from particular industries to examine the nature and causes of recent changes in earnings inequality in the United States. The papers provide an industry perspective...

IT'S NOT JUST THE ATMs: TECHNOLOGY, FIRM STRATEGIES, JOBS, AND EARNINGS IN RETAIL BANKING.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... EVA SKURATOWICZ [*] Using data from extensive on-site interviews conducted in 1997, 1998, and 1999, the authors examine trends in job content and earnings in selected jobs in two American banks. Firm restructuring and technological changes...

EXPLAINING WAGE INEQUALITY IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION, HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES, AND UNION DECLINE.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... ROSEMARY BATT [*] This study examines factors related to within-occupation wage inequality among service and sales workers in the telecommunications industry. The author draws on a 1998 survey of a nationally representative sample of 354...

TECHNICAL CHANGE, WAGES, AND EMPLOYMENT IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... BEN CAMPBELL [*] Using case study data gathered between 1993 and 1996, the authors investigate how automation of information handling and materials handling affected employment distribution, skill acquisition, work activities, and...

INDUSTRIAL CHANGE AND WAGE INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE STEEL INDUSTRY.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... KATHRYN SHAW [*] The empirical analysis in this paper, which draws on Current Population Survey data, indicates that structural decline in the steel industry during the 1980s markedly affected the distribution of wages both in the industry...

THE GROCERY STORES WAGE DISTRIBUTION: A SEMI-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF RETAILING AND LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... BRIAN P. McCALL [*] Using Current Population Survey data supplemented with data from other sources, the authors analyze changes in the wage distribution in the U.S. grocery stores industry between 1984 and 1994. They find that in this...

THE EFFECTS OF DEREGULATION, DE-UNIONIZATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN CAPITAL ON THE WORK AND WORK LIVES OF TRUCK DRIVERS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... KRISTEN A. MONACO [*] The earnings of truck drivers fell by 21% between 1973 and 1995. Using Current Population Survey data, the authors find that deregulation accounted for one-third of the decline in drivers' wages, with a larger...

THE EFFECT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE EARNINGS IN THE STEEL, APPAREL, AND MEDICAL ELECTRONICS AND IMAGING INDUSTRIES.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... CAROLA SANDY [*] Using interview and survey data they gathered in 1995-97 from managers and employees in 45 establishments, the authors investigate how high-performance work practices, such as self-directed teams and offline teams,...