A | B |
contingent employment | Temporary and part-time jobs are known as |
outsourcing | The practice of using an outside supplier to do jobs that used to be done by a company’s own workers is called |
learning effect | The theory that learning increases the efficiency of production is called the |
screening effect | The theory that a college degree identifies people who may be good employees is called the |
labor force | All nonmilitary people who are employed or unemployed make up the |
guest workers | Foreign-born workers who are allowed to live in the United States temporarily are called |
Why are U.S. firms moving manufacturing jobs overseas? | Labor costs less overseas. |
Which of the following groups is counted in employment statistics? | people who work 15 or more hours without pay in a family business |
How have the real wages of U.S. workers changed since 1980? | gone up for all workers |
To offset rising benefit costs, many employers | . hire independent contractors. |