Labour Economics

Why in 2015 are there still large gender differences in economic success? This volume consists of a set of state of the art research articles to an...

Alternative types of ownership and participatory managerial practices have recently been intensively debated. The Great Recession has revived inter...

For most countries, women's labor force participation and hours of work has risen while men's have fallen. Concomitantly, men's and women's wages a...

This volume analyses employee participation in under- researched countries and whose economic institutions differ from the Anglo-American context. ...

This volume contains new important research on worker well-being. Topics include employment contracts, compensation schemes, worker productivity, r...

Critics on the left and the right typically agree that globalization, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and the expansion of the service sector have ...

After three decades of economic reform, China is experiencing substantial demographic changes and a steady structural transformation toward a marke...

Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series pro...

This volume contains eight new and innovative research articles relevant to researchers and policy makers. Each chapter deals with an aspect of hum...

This volume contains new important research on worker well-being in a changing economy. Topics include employee compensation, human capital investm...

From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark f...

The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. Typically frequented by Latin America...

An excellent summary of why and how we work. People Management magazine What do we know about the current state of work and employment and what doe...

In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today. Using a...

The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth Richard Wilkinson'One of the most talked-about books to the moment...

Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjo...

The essential anthology on the most effective ways to organize a labor movement for environmental justice, from leading organizers in the fieldThe ...

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. ...