Introduction -- Numerous, young, female, and poorly paid: a profile of the U.S. retail workforce and its context -- Change and variation in retail jobs in the United States: a view from case studies -- Competitive and labor strategies: addressing sustainability -- Comparing retail jobs between...

Is "standard employment" still what it used to be? / Annette Bernhardt and Dave E. Marcotte -- Definition, composition, and economic consequences of the nonstandard workforce / Anne E. Polivka, Sharon R. Cohany, and Steven Hipple -- Limits to market-mediated employment : from deconstruction to...