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Transportation labor issues and regulatory reform / edited by James Peoples, Wayne K. Talley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research in transportation economics ; v. 10.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780080545523
  • 0080545521
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transportation labor issues and regulatory reform.DDC classification:
  • 331.1/191388 22
LOC classification:
  • HE1 .R47 2004eb
  • HD
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Contents:
Front Cover; TRANSPORTATION LABOR ISSUES AND REGULATORY REFORM; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 2. TRENDS IN TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE INJURIES SINCE ECONOMIC DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 3. THE EFFECTS OF TRUCKING FIRM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ON DRIVER SAFETY; CHAPTER 4. AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE WORK LIVES OF TRUCK DRIVERS; CHAPTER 5. AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOLLOWING DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 6. PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND LABOR RELATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES.
Summary: Regulatory reform in the late 1970s and early 1980s vastly transformed the labor market for transportation workers. Most research in this area focuses on the effect of deregulation on the earnings of nonmanagement company workers in airline, trucking and rail. Deregulation of transportation industries, though, has had a broader effect on workers. For instance, deregulation also influences workers? hours worked per week, working conditions, worker safety, and a host of other labor issues. Deregulation might also influence the earnings of managers and self-employed workers in transportation indu.
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Front Cover; TRANSPORTATION LABOR ISSUES AND REGULATORY REFORM; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 2. TRENDS IN TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE INJURIES SINCE ECONOMIC DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 3. THE EFFECTS OF TRUCKING FIRM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ON DRIVER SAFETY; CHAPTER 4. AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE WORK LIVES OF TRUCK DRIVERS; CHAPTER 5. AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOLLOWING DEREGULATION; CHAPTER 6. PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND LABOR RELATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES.

Regulatory reform in the late 1970s and early 1980s vastly transformed the labor market for transportation workers. Most research in this area focuses on the effect of deregulation on the earnings of nonmanagement company workers in airline, trucking and rail. Deregulation of transportation industries, though, has had a broader effect on workers. For instance, deregulation also influences workers? hours worked per week, working conditions, worker safety, and a host of other labor issues. Deregulation might also influence the earnings of managers and self-employed workers in transportation indu.

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