Deindustrialization in the United States has triggered record-setting joblessness in manufacturing centers from Detroit to Baltimore. At the same time, global competition and technological change have actually stimulated both new businesses and new jobs. The jury is still out, however, on how many of these positions represent a significant source of long-term job quality and security. And the US labor market remains the most unequal in the industrialized world with an ever-widening wage gap between the top 1 percent of earners and the rest of the American labor force. Where are All the Good Jobs Going? addresses the most pressing questions for today s workers: whether the US labor market can still produce jobs with good pay and benefits for the majority of workers and whether these jobs can remain stable over time. What constitutes a good job, who gets them, and are they becoming more or less secure? Where are All the Good Jobs Going? examines US job quality and volatility from the perspectives of both workers and employers. The authors analyze the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) data compiled by the US Census Bureau, which comprises wage records on individual workers and employers, linked to survey data from such sources as the US Census and the Current Population Survey.
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