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CONTENTS Contributors ix Preface xi 1. How Labor Fares in Advanced Economies 1 Richard B. Freeman 2. Rising Wage Inequality: The United States Vs. Other Advanced Countries 29 Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz ~. Payoffs to Alternative Training Strategies at Work 63 Lisa M. Lynch 4. Workplace Representation Overseas: The Works Councils Story 97 Joel Rogers and Wolfgang Streeck ~. Does a Larger Social Safety Net Mean Less Economic Flexibility? 157 Rebecca Blank 6. Small Differences That Matter: Canada Vs. the United States 189 David Card and Richard B. Freeman 7. Lessons for the United States 223 Richard B. Freeman Appendix: Books in the NBER Series on Comparative Labor Markets 241 Index 245 vii ...