Labour Economics

Originally published in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression, this book discussed the possibility of a new and orderly economic system to real...

Set in the Northern English City of Leeds, in the midst of Liz Truss 49 days in office, what we are now calling the Cost of Living crisis emerges a...

In the evolution of global capitalism and geopolitics, digitalization presents a new and yet unresolved chapter. In the lead up to digitalization, ...

Leisure is a genealogy of the concept of leisure, from its peak in the classical age to its inversion and fall in modern liberalism. The goal of th...

We all notice when the poor get poorer: when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to grow. But if the rich become richer, there...

The New Economic Approach (NEA) has revolutionized economic disciplines by positing many social and political issues as endogenous variables, and m...

Using a nationally representative data set, this book examines the characteristics of Chinese college students mobility since the expansion of high...

Economists measure the effects of immigration through the yardstick of income. This book offers a broad survey of the conventional approach but in ...

This monograph is an innovative examination of the political economy of music. It integrates original economic theories and empirical research to s...

This book explores the unparalleled adversities and strain that the COVID-19 pandemic caused on the social and economic lives of people. The book a...

This book looks at the dynamic relationship between womens productive and reproductive work in a Global South country from a Global South perspecti...

The essays in Indigenous Women and Work create a transnational and comparative dialogue on the history of the productive and reproductive lives and...

This text provides an advanced introduction to the modeling of competitive financial markets, encompassing arbitrage and equilibrium pricing of fin...

The 2004 reunification of Eastern and Western Europe and the subsequent economic crisis caused a surge in intra-European labour mobility and a prof...

In the 1950s, Milwaukee's strong union movement and socialist mayor seemed to embody a dominant liberal consensus that sought to continue and expan...

Organisations, as well as individuals and societies, continue to struggle with the complexity associated with unprecedented demographic changes. Wo...

In the 1950s, Milwaukee's strong union movement and socialist mayor seemed to embody a dominant liberal consensus that sought to continue and expan...

For most baseball teams, the 2020 season was a strange, short, fanless diversion--but not in Los Angeles. After years of frustrating playoff runs, ...

 To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets. In this st...

The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the risi...

Economic institutions are undergoing radical transformations, and with these has come a reconfiguration of labor market institutions, managerial co...

This handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viabili...

Cascades of new technologies and innovations are entering our lives so fast that it is difficult for us to adapt to one innovation before the next ...

This open-access book offers a comparative analysis of changes in employment structures on a global scale, focusing on employment trends during the...

In the 1990s, states in what would become the eastern edge of the European Union transformed their political systems and economies, leaving state s...

This revised and updated book provides unique insight into cross-border labor mobility, from the ancient forms of slavery to the present day. With ...

In developed countries like the United States, Germany, and the UK, it has been observed that workers who perform non-routine activities, either co...

Originally published in 1972, Industrial Relations in the Common Market is a comparative study of the members of the Common Market, exploring the r...

Originally published in 1938, this symposium, based on the Sir Halley Stewart lectures for 1937, numbers among its contributors some of the worlds ...

Now in its sixth edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with an introductory chapter emphasizing decision-making and...

This book portrays India as a representative of post-colonial democratic republic states with a parliamentary form of federal-structured government...

This book explores user labor in the internet age, offering innovative perspectives on digital labor. It broadens the discussion on topics like tec...

Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understan...

The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters (natural and man-made) and devel...

This title was first published in 2000: An analysis of commuting behaviour from an integrated labour and housing market perspective. A theoretical ...

Many governments seek to attract skilled migrants into the top occupational groups and now have significant groups of overseas-born professionals i...

This volume provides a comprehensive and detailed socio-economic overview of agrarian distress in India which has manifested in the suicides of far...

Providing an in-depth analysis of the economic well-being of the elderly across five European countries - UK, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia...

This title was first published in 2001. Investigating the consequences of restrictive austerity policies and the downsizing of the welfare state th...

This title was first published in 2001. The emergence of the European Works Councils (EWCs) is one of the most important developments in internatio...

This title was first published in 2001. This book is the result of an international study by leading economists and sociologists from across Europe...

Under communism there was, in the countries of Eastern Europe, a high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high ...

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism, both in...

Drawing on data from a Europe wide project, together with existing data on equality and diversity initiatives, this book explores the work of trade...