Chapter 2:
The
evolution of compensation in a changing economy
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Contents
| Page of Report |
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| Structural change and American labor | 57 | |||
| The influence of Social Security legislation | 58 | |||
| The right to bargain collectively | 58 | |||
| Setting standards | 59 | |||
| Composition of pay | 65 | |||
| Pre-World War I reform and economic volatility | 65 | |||
| World War I and prosperity | 67 | |||
| The Great Depression and the Federal role in the economy | 69 | |||
| World War II and the transition to a peacetime economy | 71 | |||
| The Korean War to beyond the Great Society | 73 | |||
| Inflation, recession, and high unemployment | 75 | |||
| An economy in transition | 77 | |||
| The 1990s and the New Economy | 79 | |||
| Future trends in employee compensation | 82 | |||
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