Labour Economics

The paradoxical relationship between Chinese creative workers and the state Chinese Creator Economies dives into the paradoxical lives lived by cr...

From Chinese factories making cheap toys for export, to sweatshops in Bangladesh where name-brand garments are sewnstudies on the impact of globali...

The decline of the U.S. textile and apparel industries between the 1940s and 1970s helped lay the groundwork for the twenty-first century's potent ...

Empower workshop participants to reclaim their time.Kitchen fire or time waster? The inability to differentiate robs us of precious time and well-b...

In highly unequal societies such as the UK, where the top 10% take a higher share of disposable income than in most other European countries, many ...

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThroug...

From grassroots to global activism, the untold story of the world's first domestic workers' movement. Domestic workers exist on the margins of the...

The Social Panorama of Latin America 2018 analyzes issues crucial to understanding and action given the structural challenges facing the countries ...

This publication provides country examples and best practices on measuring international labour mobility. It was prepared by a task force composed ...

Presenting the most recent statistical data, Investment and Employment Opportunities in China provides first-of-its-kind coverage of the regional e...

How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doct...

Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, es...

Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, es...

Economy and Architecture addresses a timely, critical, and much-debated topic in both its historical and contemporary dimensions. From the Apple St...

The book examines the nature of the Real Living Wage as a body of civil regulation, the organizations behind the campaign and the methods they have...

America is at a crossroads in its approach to work and retirement. Many policymakers think it's logical--almost inevitable--that Americans will de...

Labour internationalism is often viewed as impossible or inevitable, depending upon political perspective. O'Brien argues for a more nuanced, diver...

Over the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely wor...

Absenteeism is the single most important cause of lost labour time, yet it has received much less scholarly attention than more dramatic forms of i...

The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politics   When viewed from our t...

An earth-shaking reimagining of household debt that opens up a new path to financial security for all Americans. American households have a debt pr...

This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global...

The contributors show that the current understanding of trafficking excludes large groups of people who, due to their migration status, experience ...

This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quo...

Since its inception Research in Labor Economics has published over 350 articles encompassing a wide range of themes and spanning an array of labor ...

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies ...

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies ...

A classic since its original publication, Women Have Always Worked brought much-needed insight into the ways work has shaped female lives and sensi...

The global focus of corporations, government institutions, and NGOs have led to a defining question of the era: How do foreigners feel about workin...

Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life in the twenty-first century. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political d...

From Finland to Kenya to Stockton, California, more and more governments and private philanthropic organizations are putting the idea of a Universa...

From Finland to Kenya to Stockton, California, more and more governments and private philanthropic organizations are putting the idea of a Universa...

This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face si...

While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their s...

Susan Eisenberg began her apprenticeship with Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1978, the year president Jimmy Ca...

Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics. His book Principles of Economics was the dominant tex...

In many countries, the number of people working beyond pension age is increasing. This volume investigates this trend in seven different countries,...

As the worlds factory China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and ...

In Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of ...

Women migrants are doubly-disadvantaged by their sex and outsider status when moving to a new country. Highly skilled women are no exception to thi...

Basic income is one the most innovative, powerful and controversial proposals for addressing poverty and growing inequalities. This book examines t...

Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in l...