Contains twelve papers contributing fresh research to important issues concerning worker welfare. This title offers answers to a number of policy related questions such as: Why are jobs designed the way they are? Does seniority-based pay provide a sufficient motivation for workers? What policies are effective in combating discrimination?

List of Contributors. Preface. On the link between investment in on-the-job training and earnings dispersion: the case of France. Employee training and wage dispersion: white- and blue-collar workers in Britain. Income inequality, income mobility, and social welfare for urban and rural households of China and the United States. Why are jobs designed the way they are?. Is seniority-based pay used as a motivational device? Evidence from plant-level data. The promotion dynamics of American executives. Self-selection models for public and private sector job satisfaction. The survival and growth of establishments: does gender segregation matter?. Futile and effective ways to combat wage discrimination. Patterns of nominal and real wage rigidity. Research in Labor Economics. JobS, Training and Worker Well-being. Copyright page.