
Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets
James Peoples(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 12. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 390 pages
978-94-010-6034-9 (ISBN)
Description
Regulatory reform represents a major shift in the government's role toward price determination in the transportation and telecommunication industries. The resulting policy emphasizes dependence on market forces to set prices and to encourage efficient production techniques. While extensive research investigates the influence of deregulation on prices, profits and productivity, the effect on labor markets has not received the same scrutiny. Firms in these industries are of major importance to business operations in other industries because they provide the critical services of transporting goods and transmitting information. This may partly explain such extensive research on the product market aspects of regulatory reform. Examining labor markets in the transportation and telecommunications industries is also highly warranted, as historically these industries represented some of the most heavily unionized sectors in the economy.
The extent to which regulatory reform has encouraged product market competition may not necessarily result in the same degree of competition across industries. Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor markets should develop within the framework of the competitive model. This is achieved by presenting diverging views on wage and employment determination in distinctly different deregulated industries.
The extent to which regulatory reform has encouraged product market competition may not necessarily result in the same degree of competition across industries. Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor markets should develop within the framework of the competitive model. This is achieved by presenting diverging views on wage and employment determination in distinctly different deregulated industries.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIII, 390 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-010-6034-9 (9789401060349)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-4856-6
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Content
1 Introduction and Overview.- 2 Regulation and Deregulation in Surface Freight, Airlines and Telecommunications.- 3 Earnings and Employment in Trucking: Deregulating a Naturally Competitive Industry.- 4 Railroad Deregulation and Union Labor Earnings.- 5 Deregulation and Labor Earnings in the Airline Industry.- 6 Labor Negotiations with Regional Monopolies: The Telecommunication Industry.- 7 Regulated Industries and Measures of Earnings Discrimination.- 8 Concluding Observations.- Author Index.