The Dutch story / Robert Solow -- The debate in the Netherlands on low pay / Wiemer Salverda, Maarten van Klaveren, and Marc van der Meer -- Low-wage work and the economy / Wiemer Salverda -- Labor market institutions, low-wage work, and job quality / Wiemer Salverda -- The position, design, and...

Introduction and background -- Good jobs : basic facts and trends over time -- Job quality and volatility : how do they affect worker earnings? -- Job quality and volatility in metropolitan areas : a tale of two (kinds of) cities -- Good jobs and employer dynamics -- Conclusion and policy...

The US market-driven labor system -- When markets drive outcomes -- Distribution matters -- Why Americans work and work -- Where have all the unions gone-- long time passing? -- Regulating the unregulated market -- Management in the driver's seat -- The great doubling: is your job going to...