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U.S. Asylum Policy and the New World Order
(1993-01-01)"In the new world order, differences in political ideology have given way to differences in economic conditions between nation states as the prompting force for the outflow of would-be refugees and asylum seekers. In part, ... -
U.S. Earnings Mobility: Comparing Survey-Based and Administrative-Based Estimates
(2008-03-01)Earnings mobility has been studied both at the macro level (how much of a certain kind of mobility is there in the economy?) and at the micro level (what are the correlates of change in income or position?). Many empirical ... -
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Plight of Its Unskilled Workers
(1999-03-01)[Excerpt] In one of his most memorable public addresses, President John F. Kennedy spoke to the 1962 Graduating Class at Yale University the following words: “For the great enemy of the truth is very often not the ... -
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Plight of Unskilled Workers
(1993-01-01)The implications of immigration to the US are explored with reference to the impact on low-skilled labour markets and inequality in the US. Recent research indicates that low-skilled American workers are the main losers, ... -
U.S. Labor 2006: Strategic Developments Across the Divide
(2007-01-01)The AFL-CIO and Change to Win have learned to co-exist without debilitating acrimony. The AFL-CIO has established Industry Coordinating Committees to facilitate cooperative bargaining and organizing ventures. On the political ... -
U.S. Migrant Worker Law: The Interstices of Immigration Law and Labor and Employment Law
(2009-10-01)The work visa program for temporary foreign workers in the United States is “not only the longest-running, but also the largest such program in the world.” Close to one million foreign workers receive work visas each year ... -
U.S. Workers’ Rights Are Being Abused
(2000-10-30)[Excerpt] The 200-page Human Rights Watch report is based on case studies across a range of industries, occupations and regions of the United States. The report recognizes that U.S. workers generally do not confront gross ... -
Unauthorized Migration and Border “Control”: Three Regional Views
(2008-03-01)This is a revised transcript of a talk given at the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 29, 2008. -
Uncertainty and Human Capital Decisions: Traditional Valuation Methods and Real Options Logic
(2007-01-15)As the importance of human capital increases in organizations, so does the need to develop more sophisticated financial valuation models. This paper reviews some of the major traditional financial decision making models ... -
Uncovering And Exploring The Mobilization And Launch Phase Of High And Low Performing Project Teams
(2002-09-04)As part of a larger study, this analysis, first, uncovers a previously alluded to, but heretofore un-explicated, phase of project team development (PTD) -- dubbed mobilization and launch -- and, then, explores the ways in ... -
Underestimating Our Influence over Others at Work
(2013-01-01)Employees at all organizational levels have influence over their subordinates, their colleagues, and even their bosses. But are they aware of this influence? We present evidence suggesting that employees are constrained ... -
Underestimating Our Influence over Others’ Unethical Behavior and Decisions
(2013-01-01)We examined the psychology of “instigators,” i.e., people who surround an unethical act and influence the wrongdoer (the “actor”) without directly committing the act themselves. In four studies, we found that instigators ... -
Underinvestment in Employer Training: Is a Mandate to Spend on Training the Answer?
(1993-01-01)American employers and their workers under invest in employer training. Under investment occurs because training generates externalities, because the tax system is biased against training investments, and because most ... -
Underinvestment in on-the Job Training?
(1991-01-01)[Excerpt] A growing number of commentators are pointing to employer sponsored training (OJT)as a critical ingredient in a nation's competitiveness. American employers appear to devote less time and resources to the training ... -
Undocumented Workers: Crossing the Borders of Immigration and Workplace Law
(2012-04-01)[Excerpt] This Article endeavors to comprehensively outline the emerging field of immployment law. As this Article specifies below, this field broadly includes empirical, legislative, administrative, judicial, and other ... -
Uneasy Terrain: The Impact of Capital Mobility on Workers, Wages, and Union Organizing. Part II: First Contract Supplement
(2001-06-01)In September 2000 we submitted our research report, "Uneasy Terrain: The Impact of Capital Mobility on Workers, Wages, and Union Organizing," to the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission. The findings from our study were ... -
Uneasy Terrain: The Impact of Capital Mobility on Workers, Wages, and Union Organizing
(2000-09-06)In May 2000, the United States Trade Deficit Review Commission contracted with Cornell University to conduct a study updating Cornell’s previous research on the impact of plant closings and threats of plant closings on ... -
Unemployment and the UK Labour Market Before, During and After the Golden Age
(2005-04-01)During the ‘golden age’ of the 1950s and 1960s unemployment in Britain averaged 2 per cent. This was far lower than ever before or since and a number of hypotheses have been put forward to account for this unique period ... -
Unemployment Insurance and Strikes
(1992-01-01)In several states workers who are unemployed because of a labor dispute can collect unemployment benefits. Due to imperfect experience rating, such policies can create a public subsidy to strikes. This study examines whether ...
