Labour / income economics

Globally, there is a commitment to eliminate poverty; and yet the politics that have caused anti-poverty policies to succeed in some countries and to fail in others have been little studied.

Labor Markets and Business Cycles integrates search and matching theory with the neoclassical growth model to better understand labor market outcomes.

From award-winning economic historian Sanford M.

This book calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union.

The historical relationship between capital and labor has evolved in the past few decades.

Unmasking Administrative Evil discusses the overlooked relationship between evil and public affairs, as well as other fields and professions in public life.

The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading measures of the economic performance of nations.

The knowledge economy conjures a world of smart people, in smart jobs, doing smart things, in smart ways, for smart money, a world increasingly open to all rather than a few.

Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim?

Understanding the New Global Economy: A European Perspective argues that globalisation is facing economic and political headwinds.

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system.

This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period.

The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out.

Hobson's The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926.

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should not be defined by the structural parameters and opportunities of low-income countries, given that it also comprises a number of higher-income countries.

The book examines how globalised urban labour and property markets are produced by agrarian actors, institutions, spaces and territories.

Most governments in today's market economies spend significant sums of money on labour market programmes.

Food, televisions, computer equipment, plumbing supplies, clothing.

Fundamental Economic Principles, Methods, and Tools for Addressing Human Systems Integration Issues and Tradeoffs Human Systems Integration (HSI) is a new and fundamental integrating discipline designed to help move business and engineering cultures toward more human-centered systems.

Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement.

First published in 1999, this volume is about unemployment and discrimination, with a focus on Northern Ireland and its debate over patterns of inequality between unemployed Catholics and Protestants.

With a combined population larger than that of the EU or NAFTA, economic integration of the ASEAN states will have a massive impact on both the Asian and global economies.

Income Distribution was written primarily as a textbook intended for undergraduate economics majors.

It has been over a century since "e;Cooperative System of Education,"e; a work-study programme for higher education, was initiated by Herman Schneider at University of Cincinnati in the United States.

This book examines the importance of work in human well-being, addressing several related philosophical questions about work and arguing on the whole that meaningful work is central in human flourishing.

Weshalb ist der Süden – vulgo "Dritte Welt" oder "Entwicklungsländer" – arm?

During the last two decades, rapid economic growth and development in India has been based upon the mass employment of informal labour.

Originally published in 1994 this book concerns successful implementation of radical, technological innovations within business organizations.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens.

Since the 1990ies, organizations from different sectors have been operating in increasingly dynamic socio-economic environments characterized by unexpected events and instability.

First published in 1987.

This textbook introduces graduate and upper undergraduate students to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models.

Long-running trends towards increasing inequality between the rich and poor across Europe have been exacerbated by the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath.

Originally published in 1994 this book examines problems related to investment planning, capacity additions, and choice of technology in dynamic manufacturing systems characterized by multiple products, dynamic demand growth, uncertainty in demand and availability of alternative technologies.

Over the last 30 years, Economic Policy has strived to produce policy relevant and rigorous analyses of the economic challenges of the time.

More than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security.

A practical guide to surviving-and even thriving-in the new economy where nearly any job can be automated with artificial intelligence.

Classical Political Economy addresses the question of what determines the social division of labour, the division of society into independent firms and industries and develops the theoretical implications of primitive accumulation.

Originally published in 1965, this book is concerned with an important yet neglected part of economic life 'fringe benefits' which employers provide for and on behalf of their employees apart from wages and salaries.

This book offers a critical and comparative understanding of post-industrial development, highlighting the driving forces and limitations, strategies, sources of funding, tools and technologies for its implementation.

Economic theory is growing not only in depth but in the breadth of its application as well.