Labour / income economics

This fully updated third edition analyzes the media industries and their activities from macro to micro levels, using concepts and theories to demonstrate the role the media plays in the economy as a whole.

By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and stabilizing factor in the capitalist economies of Europe and the expanding Americas.

Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'.

Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs.

Originally published in 1976, the 14 papers in this collection discuss the history and significance of the concept of 'involuntary unemployment', particularly as seen from a Keynesian perspective.

First published in 1990.

A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness.

Contemporary mainstream economists see social wealth as the sum of individual incomes, but for three centuries many economists saw wealth as consisting of the public and private resources of a nation.

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Accounts of corruption in Africa and the Global South are generally overly simplistic and macro-oriented, and commonly disconnect everyday (petty) corruption from political (grand) corruption.

British Trade Unions Today is concerned with the trade union movement in Britain, how it operates, and how it strives constantly to achieve its objectives.

The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels.

The employment landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by technological innovations, shifting employer practices, and new government policies that redefine where and how work is performed.

Since 1945 preventing runaway wage inflation has been regarded as a key policy in managing an economy in a successful way.

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 analyzes the decrease in labor share in China, which is a ratio of national income distribution to capital at three different levels (macro, meso, and micro) and from three different perspectives (growth, transition and opening up).

An examination of the European Union''s broad social initiatives that align social and economic objectives with the promotion of employment.

An important fresh theoretical framework for examining the key influences on the competitiveness of firms.

This book, first published in 1923, examines the states of Britain's rail network at the cusp of great change.

This book investigates the potential of the Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) as an instrument of active labour market policy for re-turning the unemployed to the labour market and also the transferability of the scheme to other EU Member States.

The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide.

The old certainties and structures of employment relations no longer exist.

Offering a retrospective view of how the system operated in Communist Czechoslovakia, this book is an important voice in the discussion about the systems of central planning.

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

The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding.

In 1965, a family-reunification policy for admitting immigrants to the United States replaced a system that chose immigrants based on their national origin.

One cannot conceive of capitalism without labor.

With the long-term trend toward earlier retirement slowing, and the majority of older workers remaining in employment up to and beyond statutory retirement age, it is increasingly important that we understand how to react to these changes.

As wealth inequality skyrockets and trade union power declines, the living wage movement has become ever more urgent for public policymakers, academics, and - most importantly - those workers whose wages hover close to the breadline.

This book provides a detailed account of the lives of the poor, particularly their use of social networks to meet everyday needs.

Today, a large proportion of the world's states are under authoritarian governments.

This title was first published in 2002: In recent years there has been a trend among young people across Europe towards remaining longer in their parental homes.

Thought-provoking and clearly explained, the new edition provides students of international economics and international business with a rigorous explanation of global economic theory and policy, both current trends and historic developments.

What is life like for workers in the gig economy?

Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India.

This title was first published in 2001: Employing an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to equity in long-term care, this book addresses the fact that demographic changes leading to ageing populations, financial pressures and changes in traditional support systems have brought long-term care and the redesign of care systems to the top of the European social policy agenda.

First published in 1984.

First published in 1989, this book examines seven different localities, ranging from the outer suburbs of large northern cities to small freestanding town, which were prospering in the 1980s or struggling against the negative employment effects of restructuring.

Although traditional manufacturing (textiles, clothing, footwear, furniture, etc) has been in decline in developed countries, it still represents an important part of European employment due to its labour-intensive character.

Perspectives on Human Capital and Assets goes beyond the current literature by providing a platform for a broad scope of discussion regarding HC&A, and, more importantly, by encouraging a multidisciplinary fusion between diverse disciplines.