Labour Economics

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...

The call center industry is booming in the Philippines. Around the year 2005, the country overtook India as the world's voice capital, and industry...

In 2008 the world experienced the Great Recession, a financial and economic crisis of enormous proportions and the greatest economic downturn since...

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governmentsand why we cant see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a dictatorship. ...

While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three...