Labour Economics

The overarching mission of the rescue services comprises three main areas of responsibility: protection against disasters and accidents; crisis man...

Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoffs now classic 1984 book What Do Unions Do? stimulated an enormous theoretical and empirical literature on the...

This book reframes tourism, as well as leisure, within mobilities studies to challenge the limitations that dichotomous understandings of home/away...

This title was first published in 2001. Drawing on the fields of labour economics and industrial relations, this book simultaneously applies human ...

This book provides a detailed examination of the impact of globalisation on plantation labour, dominated by women labour, in India. The studies pre...

In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Swedens gender-egalitarian welfare state in the ear...

The Islamic labor market rests on the principles of the free market exchange of Islamic economics. Regrettably, the latter has failed to keep pace ...

Available research suggests that less developed countries have significant competitive advantage over developed countries in three major areas of i...

In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Swedens gender-egalitarian welfare state in the ear...

Originally published in 1997 Working for Women? examines the ways in which women's patterns of paid and unpaid work have been mediated by the polic...

This title was first published in 2000: The book will be a set of essays addressing various aspects of regulation. It will concentrate on regulatio...

The need for the creation of an enabling political, legal and economic environment for women within Turkey is rising. A growing concern is shown at...

The 2008 financial crisis led the whole world to ask questions of the financial industry. Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Are bonu...

First published in 1998, this volume examines the performance of labour markets against the background of different economic and institutional sett...

Standard employment relationships, with permanent contracts, regular hours, and decent pay, are under assault. Precarious work and unemployment are...

This title was first published in 2000: The contributions to this volume have been brought together and edited from presentations made to a two-day...

This title was first published in 2003. The European Union is constantly struggling to find effective ways to plan major transport infrastructure d...

First published in 1998, this volume represents the outcome of a seminar as part of the continuing efforts of the Convocation of the University of ...

Published in 1999, this text is influenced by two sets of theories, namely regulation theories and theories on social citizenship. Regulation theor...

IThis title was first published in 2003. In the early 1990s, Australia, Sweden and the UK dismantled the old centralised pay setting systems which ...

This title was first published in 2001. This study explores the operation of the Treuhandanstalt, the trust agency responsible for implementing the...

The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in the youth labour market in Europe. This timely book deals with a number of areas related to th...

This book concentrates on the role of commercialized intermediary actors in migration. It seeks to understand how these actors shape migration and ...

This title was first published in 2003.The principal economic units in most developing countries are family based farm households. Empirical models...

Tobacco is reported to be the second major cause of death in the world and there is ever-increasing interest in the costs of smoking, especially in...

This title was first published in 2001. A series of major reforms during the 1980s and 1990s have led to the transformation of the Education System...

This title was first published in 2000: Marking the centenary of Seebohm Rowntrees first study of poverty in York, this volume examines the modern ...

This title was first published in 2000: The first book which brings together and interprets both the theoretical concepts associated with the study...

This title was first published in 2002: By exploring Marxian value theory and its relevance to present issues of economic analysis, such as the cir...

Title first published in 2003. This informative volume addresses the impact of the EU on national policies to combat poverty in European member sta...

This title was first published in 2003. The working poor of the world are observed to engage in long hours in hard jobs and to work more if wages a...

This title was first published in 2000: Equity and Efficiency Policy provides a completely new perspective on post-reform community care, analyzes ...

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of ...

There are few contemporary studies on the finances of unions. Indeed, little research exists on the internal operations of unions in the U.S. This ...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied pr...

This book provides an overview of youth labour force and workforce participation in India and explores the dynamics of changing youth labour market...

Precarious Asia assesses the role of global and domestic factors in shaping precarious work and its outcomes in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia a...

Catholic Labor Movements in Europe narrates the history of industrial labor movements of Catholic inspiration in the period from the onset of World...

How you compensate people is one of the most important strategic decisions your company will make - but few get it right and out of sight. Nail it ...

All of a sudden, everybodys talking about the gig economy. From taxi drivers to pizza deliverers to the unemployed, we are all aware of the huge ch...

Since 1991, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, has undertaken a program of...

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for th...

In the digital age, Big Data offers an unparalleled lens into the intricacies of human behavior. Data sourced from job boards, social media platfor...

Behavioral economics - a field based in collaborations among economists and psychologists - focuses on integrating a nuanced understanding of behav...

This book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has ra...

There are around 340,000 Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, but the ways in which they experience migration is largely hidden in the homes of t...