Labour Economics

Algorithms are probably the most sophisticated tools that people have had at their disposal since the beginnings of human history. They have transf...

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even f...

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even f...

The events leading to the Marikana massacre not only shattered South Africa's image of itself as a democracy in which workers had a respected place...

Personnel Economics in Practice, 3rd Edition by Edward Lazear and Michael Gibbs gives readers a rigorous framework for understanding organizational...

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017* *Winner of the 2016 Labor History Best Book prize* Over a million p...

* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Po...

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it... Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason'Gu...

How the European Union handles posted workers is a growing issue for a region with borders that really are just lines on a map. A 2008 story, disse...

As the financial crisis continues to cast its long shadow over Europe, the view that immigrants compete unfairly for jobs and present an unsustaina...

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a dictators...

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has declared the U.S. economy to be in recession since December 2007. In response to high unemploym...

Millions of U.S. workers have little or no savings for retirement, potentially adding to future strains on state and national safety net programs. ...

In an increasingly global economy, and with retirement starting for the Baby Boomer generation, Congress has indicated a strong interest in ensurin...

Workers'''' compensation insurance covers nearly all workers in the U.S. and provides those who are injured or become ill as a result of work with ...

A BLOOMBERG BOOK OF THE YEAR ''This book will challenge you to rethink some of your assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and globalization.'' -...

The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new per...