Labour / income economics

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.

Soviet Management and Labor Relations (1988) examines the official model of Soviet labor relations and the operational reality.

Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.

Every society throughout history has defined what counts as work and what doesn t.

Contrary to the assumption that Western and Eastern European economies and cinemas were very different from each other, they actually had much in common.

As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant.

Starting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and benefits for thousands of local workers.

An "e;excellent"e; ethnography that "e;reveal[s] the global implications of the US morality on international policies and migrant workers"e; (Cristina Firpo, International Review of Modern Sociology).

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Almost unknown to the rest of the globe, Xiaomi has become the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer.

Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment.

In this enlightening and timely work, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles.

How the Other Half Works solves the riddle of America's contemporary immigration puzzle: why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that today's economy seems to demand.

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

Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made advances in narrowing gender gaps in its labor market.

The book focuses on Indonesia's most pressing labor market challenges and associated policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth.

Survey research is a powerful tool to help understand how and why individuals behave the way they do.

Service Design is an eminently practical guide to designing services that work for people.

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

If you have always yearned for a career that makes a difference in someone's life and are thinking of opening a staffing service business, then we have a book that can assist you in taking those first steps and can answer all of your questions along the way.

User research war stories are personal accounts of the challenges researchers encounter out in the field, where mishaps are inevitable, yet incredibly instructive.

This volume analyses employee participation in under- researched countries and whose economic institutions differ from the Anglo-American context.

Remote studies allow you to recruit subjects quickly, cheaply, and immediately, and give you the opportunity to observe users as they behave naturally in their own environment.

Customer experiences are increasingly complicatedwith multiple channels, touchpoints, contexts, and moving partsall delivered by fragmented organizations.

This volume contains new important research on worker well-being in a changing economy.

When managed well, IP can become the most enduring form of competitive advantage, creating streams of revenue well into the future.

The first complete history of US industry's most influential and controversial lobbyistFounded in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers-NAM-helped make manufacturing the basis of the US economy and a major source of jobs in the twentieth century.

"e;Companies that can unleash the passions and gifts of their people will have a competitive advantage in the landscape of the future--becoming curators instead of keepers of talent.

The Latest Tools and Guidance Needed to Implement Design for Six Sigma in New Product and Service Development!

A candid explanation of how the labor market really works and is central to everything-and why it is not as healthy as we thinkRelying on unemployment numbers is a dangerous way to gauge how the labor market is doing.

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "e;reform and openness"e; will lead to political liberalization.

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces women's journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at homeA century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family.

A dynamic framework for studying social emergenceThe social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty.

The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred.

How do you keep your employees engaged, creative, innovative, and productive?

The unconditional basic income (UBI) has attracted renewed attention in academia, as well as in public discussions in recent years, and much has been written on the possible consequences of a UBI.

This edited volume analyses how EU membership influenced the convergence process of member countries in the Baltics, Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.

Understanding and applying the principles of ergonomics consistently in an organization not only reduces the risk of employee injuries, but it also reduces an organization's costs and increases productivity.

Leo Troy describes and analyzes the changes in the economy and labor markets and the subsequent and continuing changes in unions.

Presenting the dynamic laws of economic quantities, this book tackles one of the core difficulties of current economic theory: that of transforming abstract equations of equilibrium into precise dynamic rules.

"e;This Handbook offers a timely 'snapshot' of the fast-moving global debates on Basic Income.

This book employs a variety of economic and philosophical methodologies in order to discover the philosophical implications of creative destruction, competition regulation, and the role that businesses or market agents play.

This edited volume uses a feminist approach to explore the economic implications of the complex interrelationship between gender and time use.

This volume broadens the scope of 'comparative capitalism' within the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) tradition.

This book argues for a moral consideration of animal work relations.

Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation.

This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population.

The Gig Economy in India explores the topic of gig work in India's digital political economy, and the relationship between key factors such as start-ups, state governments, and platform providers.