Labour Economics

Moral struggles in and around markets abound in contemporary societies where markets have become the dominant form of economic coordination. The pr...

Who steals jobs? Who owns jobs? Focusing on the competitive labour market, this book scrutinises the narratives created around immigration and aut...

The 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity, with the exploits of various idlers, loafers, and gentlemen of refinement ...

This is one the most innovative books on labor migration I have read in a decade. Regine Pauls precise mastery of, among others, comparative politi...

Making Choices, Making Do is a comparative study of Black and white working-class womens survival strategies during the Great Depression. Based on ...

Making Choices, Making Do is a comparative study of Black and white working-class womens survival strategies during the Great Depression. Based on ...

This open access book provides an overview of urban digital platforms such as Airbnb and Deliveroo, which, along with Amazon, Google, Facebook, and...

Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countri...

During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expans...

An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security. America was bu...

As globalization and the flow of labor across the world accelerated during the latter part of the 20th century, the presence of foreign-born worker...

Fintech Explained provides a rigorous, accessible introduction to the landscape of fintech. Michael R. King explains the customer focus, innovation...

Beginning in 1965 Nobel Laureate Gary Becker realized that shadow prices, which reflect the value of ones time, may be at least as important as mon...

André Gorz's earlier books-from Ecology as Politics to Farewell to the Working Class and Paths to Paradise-have informed and inspired the most radi...

Donald Trump's 2016 victory shocked the world, but his appeals to the economic discontent of the white working class should not be so surprising, a...

This study focuses on the status and prospects of collective bargaining in China based on lessons learned from the post-war United States and Germa...

This book investigates the state of trade unionism in Africas most populous regional economic zone. With the exception of the former British coloni...

The book covers a wide range of issues in Turkish economy and aims to discuss the problems, challenges and potential of Turkey in various sectors. ...

A detailed examination of the nature of post-conflict society and youth violence, with important implications for peacebuilding and post-conflict r...

Post economic reform period, in response to the strident demands of employers, the central and the state governments have undertaken several labour...

Affirmative action is still a reality of the American workplace. How is it that such a controversial Federal program has managed to endure for more...

This book looks at the history of work and the meanings that are attached to it over time. Taking as its basis a number of international surveys an...

North African economies are characterized by a significant share of informal activity and employment. About two-thirds of workers in North Africa o...

As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. Towards Gender Equity in Develo...

Historian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attempts to...

Greeces economy and society have undergone important structural changes in recent years as a result of the financial crisis and consequent austerit...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and...

This is the book to throw at your human resources directornot literally, of coursewhen any attempt is being made to bamboozle you about how decisio...

What constitutes a need? Who gets to decide what people do or do not need? In modern France, scientists, both amateur and professional, were engage...