Generating Jobs: How to Increase Demand for Less-Skilled Workers: How to Increase Demand for Less-Skilled Workers

The American economy is in danger of leaving its low-skilled workers behind. In the last two decades, the wages and employment levels of the least educated and experienced workers have fallen disastrously. Where willing workers once found ready employment at reasonable wages, our computerized, service-oriented economy demands workers who can read and write, master technology, deal with customers, and much else. Improved education and training will...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543605
• ISBN13: 9780871543608
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"