Labour / income economics

The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living.

In this volume, we examine the challenges and opportunities created by global migration at the start of the 21st century.

Throughout the OECD, 30% of the average firm's total labour costs comprises items which are other than direct remuneration.

This book examines the work of Milton Friedman, which is amongst the most significant in modern economics and, equally, amongst the most contentious.

This book analyzes the status and position of African American men in the U.

From Major League Baseball to English soccer's Premier League, all successful contemporary professional sports leagues include a wide diversity of nationalities and ethnicities within their playing and coaching rosters.

First published in 1914 and reissued with a new introduction in 1992, Work and Wealth is a seminal vision of Hobson's liberal utopian ideals, which desired to demonstrate how economic and social reform could transform existing society into one in which the majority of the population, as opposed to a small elite, could find fulfillment.

Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries.

Stepping into an IT leadership role for the first time?

This book delves into the intricate challenges faced by Indian youth as they enter the labour market.

Evolving from Digital Transformation to Digital Acceleration Using The Galapagos Framework challenges established thinking and offers a new way to deliver digital change.

Precarious Asia assesses the role of global and domestic factors in shaping precarious work and its outcomes in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia as they represent a range of Asian political democracies and capitalist economies: Japan and South Korea are now developed and mature economies, while Indonesia remains a lower-middle income country.

America is witnessing a retirement crisis.

In this book, Prosser argues that labour movements respond to European integration in a manner which instigates competition between national labour markets.

Cesar Chavez was one tough fellow.

This book discusses the transformative potential of quantum computing in reshaping the landscape of supply chain management.

Absolute Essentials of Ethereum is a concise textbook which guides the reader through the fascinating world of the emerging Ethereum ecosystem, from the basics of how its blockchain works to cutting-edge applications.

You have a great idea, now what?

For most countries, women's labor force participation and hours of work has risen while men's have fallen.

Informality and informal employment are wide-spread and growing phenomena in all regions of the world, in particular in low and middle income economies.

With the financial crisis and Great Recession, some economists have begun to question the orthodox approach to production and capital/labor relations over the last two to three decades.

After three decades of economic reform, China is experiencing substantial demographic changes and a steady structural transformation toward a market economy.

This volume contains eight new and innovative research articles relevant to researchers and policy makers.

This book will help business/MBA students, aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders to think like entrepreneurs in 12 critical focus areas.

The Economics of Online Gaming covers basic economic concepts, unique economic issues, and general economic themes.

Survey research is a powerful tool used in business, health care, government, and other fields that seek to understand how and why individuals behave the way they do.

Want to start your own business, but aren't sure which one to start?

Love and compassion are at the heart of domestic labor, yet historically, domestic workers have been rendered invisibleby society and in the eyes of the law.

During the 1960s and 1970s, teachers, sanitation workers and many other public employees rose up to demand collective bargaining rights in one of the greatest upsurges in labor history.

This book is written in honor of Horst Brezinski and explores a wide and diverse range of topics related to comparative economic studies.

This edited volume brings together international and national scholars and major activists leading or spearheading basic income guarantee political initiatives in their respective countries.

Recent decades have seen many economic history books and articles published about working men and women, small and big entrepreneurs, guilds and state manufactures, farmers and journeymen, and children and citizens.

The economic crisis of 2007/2008 has prompted much debate as to what caused it and what remedies may be implemented in order to regain a healthy economy.

This book presents a comprehensive review of cross-border labor mobility from the ancient forms of slavery to the present day.

This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics includes selected papers from the 25th Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Berlin, Germany, in May 2018.

This book offers a new interpretation of the Employment Act of 1946.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of work-life balance in the context of women's entrepreneurship, specifically focusing on the factors that influence this balance.

This book presents selected papers from the 23rd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Madrid, Spain.

This book explores the politics behind "e;de-liberalization"e;, defined as policy reforms that constrain markets and their underlying mechanisms.

This book provides an overview of perspectives and approaches to the cultural meaning of sport volunteering in different countries.

This book illustrates the foundations of status research from the perspective of recruiting.

This book describes the experience of joblessness and unemployment in contemporary Poland.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

The nature of work is changing, due to demographic shifts, globalization, and digitization.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

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

This book examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, analyzing the deep-seated inequalities pervasive in contemporary Brazil.

At least six different Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments are underway or planned right now in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Kenya.

This book examines the dynamics in capital flows, credit markets and growth in South Africa.

Are we aware of the values of craft?