Labour Economics

This book combines theory, empirical research, and practical, international case studies to provide students with a comprehensive resource that dem...

“Diversity” has become a mantra in corporate boardrooms, higher education, and government hiring and contracting. In Identifying Talent, Institutio...

A detailed look at young men in urban Ethiopia that reveals the impact of economic development and globalization

This book pursues principal aims. First it describes and reviews current concerns in regard to the conditions of labour markets, production organiz...

Lara Vapnek tells the story of American labor feminism from the end of the Civil War through the winning of woman suffrage. During this period, wor...

Issues relating to employment and labour have once again come to the fore of global policy debates in the wake of the widespread unemployment that ...

Work orientations and work attitudes have to do with the productive capacities in society. Insofar as individuals are positively oriented towards c...

In this book, the author argues that a new form of capitalism is emerging at the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He asserts that we ...

This book examines the structural changes in the labour market in North-East India. Going beyond the conventional study of tea and agricultural sec...

"Guerin-Gonzales's special contribution is the link she explores between immigrant experience and the American dream. The towering irony her fine b...

Wage setting has historically been a deeply political and cultural as well as economic process. This informative and accessible book explores how U...

As the politicization of cultural identities—based on religion, ethnicity, gender, race—has come to play a central role in shaping relations betwee...

First published in 1987. The reform of the welfare state in the United Kingdom is high on the agenda of all political parties and the proposals for...

Chicano history, from the early decades of the twentieth century up to the present, cannot be explained without reference to the determined interv...

People from West Africa are risking their lives and surrendering their citizenship rights to enter exploitative labour markets in Europe. This book...

As a United States war crimes investigator during World War II, Benhamin B. Ferencz participated in the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. He ...

In this title, first published in 1987, the author discusses the economic and industrial circumstances in Britain under which profit-sharing and co...

Originally published in 1988 this book was the culmination of 7 years of research in micro-electronics by the Center for Science and Technology Pol...

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower...

First Published in 1927, A Study on the Minimum Wage contains constructive proposals regarding the essential features of a satisfactory minimum wag...

Unemployment levels have received a great deal of attention and discussion in recent years. However, another labor category—underemployment—has vi...

Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more th...

Wage setting has historically been a deeply political and cultural as well as economic process. This informative and accessible book explores how U...