Labour Economics

For almost 150 years, scholars have been debating how to interpret Marxs seminal work Capital while they had access to just some of Marxs economic ...

2020 Book of the Year  International Labor History Association Honorable Mention Philip Taft Labor History Prize This rich history details the...

The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that t...

In Bridging the Divide, Jack Metzgar attempts to determine the differences between working-class and middle-class cultures in the United States. Dr...

An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustaina...

An accessible overview of the power of women in the economy and the obstacles they face Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, mak...

In The Coming Jobs War, Clifton makes the bold assertion that job creation and successful entrepreneurship are the worlds most pressing issues righ...

The author, Dr. Samwel Nyagucha Oresi, is an Economist by profession with a bias in Labour Economics and a special interest in Human Resource Manag...

Millions of young people-and increasingly some not-so-young people-now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices...

How, and why, did human trafficking out of Russia escalate at the beginning of the twenty-first century? Why did some labour migrants from Uzbekist...

In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members an...

In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin''s state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members a...

Over the past century, new farming methods, feed additives, and social and economic structures have radically transformed agriculture around the gl...

We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibi...

The topics covered in this book can be divided into four broad groups: studies of labour conditions up to the middle of the nineteenth century; stu...

In this informative book, Annie Miller does not only explore the idea of basic income: she exhaustively explains what it is and what it would mean...

Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the ne...

Is there too much inequality? We are witnessing for the first time in many decades a vigorous public debate in the United States and many European ...

A candid assessment of why the job market is not as healthy as we thinkDon't trust low unemployment numbers as proof that the labor market is doing...

Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently.David Byrne, ...

Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emblematic sites of contentiou...

Despite Canadas economic success over the past thirty years, the countrys ranking in productivity has continued to decline when compared to other i...

One of the most persistent and important, but often ignored, trends contemporary market economies continues to be the ownership of firms by their e...

There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and...

Friday is the New Saturday makes a compelling, provocative and timely case for societal change. Drawing on an eclectic range of economic theory, hi...

Historically high unemployment rates remain a grave concern for American households. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment ...

Restoration of our national forests benefits the environment and creates jobs in rural communities. Increasing the pace of restoration of the Natio...

Women''''s participation in labor force activities has greatly expanded since the end of World War II. Immediately following the war, less than one...

Young adults in the United States have experienced higher rates of unemployment and lower rates of labour force participation than the general popu...