Labour / income economics

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework within which Soviet agriculture had to operate from the start: the dilemma of a revolutionary regime in a backward peasant country, the straightjacket of a bureaucratic system inherited from Tsarism, made even more rigid by the internal tensions of the new society, and the imperative needs of economic development.

This book investigates how global value chain governance, public institutions and strategies in the area of industrial policy and industrial relations by stakeholders such as national or global trade unions, governments, companies or international NGOs shape upgrading in the Global South.

This book explores and traces the progressive activism and radical ideas of several elite women in Italy beginning in the early 20th century.

This volume explores the reasons behind, and impact of, the migration of South Asian nationals (from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives, Afghanistan and Myanmar) in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain).

An introduction to work and society for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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This book delivers the fascinating account of one Western family's time living and working in China.

Purpose and a Paycheck tells the compelling story of how a growing movement of older entrepreneurs and part-time workers are creating a stronger and more vibrant economy.

This book provides a comparative analysis of the social, economic, industrial and migration dynamics that structure women's paid work and unpaid care work experience in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Great Recession not only shook Americans' economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions.

This book seeks new perspectives on the growing inequalities that our societies face, putting forward Structured Additive Distributional Regression as a means of statistical analysis that circumvents the common problem of analytical reduction to simple point estimators.

A flexible labour market is widely regarded as a key factor in encouraging economic growth and prosperity.

Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager.

This volume examines the economics of aquatic sports.

Contributing to the debate on work performance evaluation in a time of technological transformation, this book explores the impact of digitisation on production and organisation models, as well as on the rights and interests of the stakeholders involved.

This Palgrave Pivot re-examines salary formation in Major League Baseball in light of real option theory to clarify the connection between salary and marginal revenue product for professional baseball players.

This fully updated edition of the China Ethnic Statistic Yearbook, comprised of entirely original research, presents data on the socioeconomic situation of China's 56 ethnic groups.

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores the dynamics of global capitalist expansion through the concept of the 'commodity frontier'.

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization.

This book examines patterns of political engagement of long-term unemployed youth.

This book offers a critical and timely account of how labour law has become a means for protecting employers rather than workers.

How can America's information technology (IT) industry predict serious labor shortages while at the same time laying off tens of thousands of employees annually?

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

Based on new phenomena appearing in many emerging economies, this book presents a theoretical study on the economic influences of labor transfer from several aspects.

After four decades of market reform, China has developed a fast-growing, prosperous economy-the second largest in the world.

This book offers an assessment of the performance, impact, and welfare implications of the world's largest employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

A deeply researched account of the life and legacy of the man who defined the profession of private eyeAllan Pinkerton, the world's most famous private detective, has been an enduring source of fascination since the nineteenth century.

Research in Labor Economics 44 takes another in-depth and focussed look at Inequality.

Inequality has been rising in many countries over the last decades and the process seems to have accelerated with the Great Recession.

Alternative types of ownership and participatory managerial practices have recently been intensively debated.

Why in 2015 are there still large gender differences in economic success?

How do you break through to impossible-to-reach executive buyers who are intent on blocking out the noise that confronts them every day?

In a challenging economy filled with multiple competitors, no one can afford to stagnate.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has signed mutual recognition arrangements in the tourism sector and in six regulated occupations: accountancy, architecture, dentistry, engineering, medicine, and nursing.

This publication examines the need to expand social protection coverage of the informal sector to support working age productivity, reduce vulnerability, and improve economic opportunity.

The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables.

Today's global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies.

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Don't fly blind.

Doug Hall shares data-proven methods that can make sales, marketing, and business development measurably more effective.

Building value in our global economy increasingly demands creating new opportunities and solving new problems.

The global financial crisis and recession have placed great strains on the free market ideology that has emphasized economic objectives and unregulated markets.

Political scientist Immanuel Ness thoroughly investigates the use of guest workers in the United States, the largest recipient of migrant labor in the world.

Delve into the complex landscape of the informal economy with the Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy, a groundbreaking volume that transcends conventional economic analysis by contextualizing it within a broader regulatory and social framework.

Wage Regulation under the Statute of Artificers (1938) is a study of the enforcement of the 1562 Statute of Artificers during the period of its operation, with particular reference to wage assessment and the contract of employment.

The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.

Das Lehrbuch behandelt die für das deutsche Arbeitsrecht bedeutsamen EU-rechtlichen Problembereiche wie den allgemeinen EU-Arbeitnehmerschutz, Diskriminierungsverbote in Gehalts- und sonstigen Angelegenheiten, Insolvenzsicherung, Betriebsübergang, Massenentlassung, Arbeitszeit und Urlaubsfragen sowie prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse.

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market.

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