The other car workers

Ebook "The other car workers: Work, organisation, and technology in the maritime car carrier industry" examines globalization changes in cost structure and dynamics; in ownership, freight, labour and other markets; in technological innovation and ship design; and in relation to car manufacturers, ship management companies and crewing agents.

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Instead of making the common assumptions that employers only consider the productivity of employees, that workers ignore the characteristics of those with whom they work, and that customers only care about the quali- ties of the goods and services provided, discrimination coefficients incorpo- rate the influence of race, gender, and other personal characteristics on tastes and attitudes. Employees may refuse to work under a woman or a black even when they are well paid to do so, or a customer may prefer not to deal with a black car salesman.

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The story also neglects the reality that affluent households value the services that are sustained through taxes. The wealthy drive better cars, but they drive them on public streets. Even if affluent families send children to private schools, the businesses they own hire workers who graduate from local schools. And upper-income families value the services of fire and police as much as any other family. All of these factors are part of the reason that relatively few people actually move across state lines. Between 2008 and 2009, only 1.

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Lack of access to a car creates serious difficulties for parents who juggle work, errands, and transporting children to school, child care, and other activities. Moreover, lower prices and a better selection of groceries, house- hold items, and other services often are located in the suburbs. Cars make commuting at night safer and decrease the vulnerability of families during emergencies.

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In a first stage no distinction is made between cars owned by private business, government and  utilities on the one hand and personal cars on the other hand. This distinction could be useful  because the policy instruments can be different  in both cases and because changes  in the com‐ position of the fleet stock eventually filter down to the personal car stock. Including a separate  category of  fleet  cars would  require modelling  the  transition of  these  cars  to  the personal  car  stock. Account  should  also  be  taken  of  exports  and  imports.

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Strengthening functioning systems to improve health outcomes will, in some cases, require new ways of thinking about health investments and greater dialogue with partner countries about constraints and opportunities.

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The automobile has come to symbolize the essence of a modern industrial society. Perhaps more than any other single icon, it is associated with a desire for independence and freedom of movement; it is an expression of economic status and personal style. Automobile production is also critically important to the major industrial economies of the world. In the United States, for instance, about 5 percent of all workers are employed directly (including fuel production and distribution) by the auto industry.

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