As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades,
researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how
these changes affect workers. In this book, leading economists examine a
variety of important trends in the new economy, including inequality of
earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer
reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace
safety and health.
In order to better understand these vital issues, scholars must be able
to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, Labor in the New
Economy also addresses a host of measurement issues: from the treatment
of outliers, imputation methods, and weighting in the context of
specific surveys to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of data from
different sources. At a time when employment is a central concern for
individuals, businesses, and the government, this volume provides
important insight into the recent past and will be a useful tool for
researchers in the future.