Working Hard, Working Poor A Global Journey

Name: Working Hard, Working Poor A Global Journey
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ISBN: 9780199794645

ISBN-10: 0199794642

ISBN-13: 9780199794645

Edition: 2011

Authors: Gary S. Fields

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List price: $56.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 0.12" wide x 0.12" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Gary S. Fields is Professor of Labor Economics and Economics in the School of Industrial andLabor Relations at Cornell University.



Acknowledgments



How the Poorer Half Works



A Life's Journey



A Problem of Enormous Proportions



Four Workers' Stories



How the Poor are Working



Labor Markets in a Globalized World



Helping the Poor Earn Their Way Out of Poverty



Setting Objectives, Facing Trade-Offs



Growth, Trade, and Aid



Harnessing the Energies of Private Companies



Labor Market Policies for Generating More Wage Employment



Increasing Self-Employment Earnings



Taking Action



What Can You Do?


Notes


References


Index