Introduction / Clair Brown, Barry Eichengreen and Michael Reich
Part I. Political Economy and Labor Market Institutions
1. Institutions and wages in post-World War II America / Frank Levy and Peter Temin
2. American exceptionalism and comparative political economy / David Soskice
3. Finance and labor: perspectives on risk, inequality, and democracy / Sanford M. Jacoby
Part II. Institutions and Firm and Worker Behavior
4. How good are U.S. jobs? Characteristics of job ladders across firms in five industries / Clair Brown, Benjamin Campbell, Fredrik Andersson, Hyowook Chiang and Yooki Park
5. Increasing labor flexibility during the recession in Japan: the role of female workers in manufacturing / Yoshi-Fumi Nakata and Satoru Miyazaki
6. Ties that matter: cultural norms and family formation in Western Europe / Paola Giuliano
Part III. Contemporary Labor-Management Relations
7. The new treaty of Detroit: are VEBAs labor's way forward? / Teresa Ghilarducci
8. Symphony musicians and symphony orchestras / Robert J. Flanagan
9. Wage effects of works councils and collective agreements in Germany / Knut Gerlach and Wolfgang Meyer
10. Apprentice strikes, pay structure and training in twentieth-century UK metalworking industry / Paul Ryan; Part IV. Public Policy and U.S. Labor Market Structure
11. Minimum wages in the United States: politics, economics and econometrics / Michael Reich
12. Understanding the causes and labor market consequences of the steep increase in U.S. incarceration rates / Steven Raphael
13. Local labor market adaptation to increased immigration / David Card.
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