Labour / income economics

Any consideration of global migration in relation to work and citizenship must necessarily be situated in the context of the Great Recession.

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

Young Working Class Men in Transition uses a unique blend of concepts from the sociologies of youth and masculinity combined with Bourdieusian social theory to investigate British young working-class men's transition to adulthood.

Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern history, as witnessed by the many high-profile stories on child labor and sweatshops in the media today.

Can politicians effectively control national borders even if they wish to do so?

Originally published in 1973, The Welfare State traces the historical roots of the Welfare State and considers the problems to which it gives rise, especially in the allocation of resources.

This analysis of the United States health care system reviews developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms, and health system performance.

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

This book addresses a wide range of migration-related issues in the European context and examines the socioeconomic consequences of migratory flows throughout Europe, focusing on a number of emblematic European countries.

Living wage activism has spanned time and space, reaching across decades and national boundaries.

Through a practical introduction to the policies of the American welfare state-a wide-ranging subject much discussed but seldom described-this concise volume details the four main areas of social welfare policy: housing assistance, nutrition assistance, income assistance, and medical assistance.

This book challenges some of the fundamental tenets of "e;free market"e; economics that have had a profound impact on public policy and the plight of the American worker.

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.

This collection explores key themes in the contemporary critique of political economy, in honour of the work and practice of Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis - two of the most significant contemporary theorists of capitalism and anti-capitalism, whose contributions span half a century of struggle, crisis and debate.

In the last twenty years there has been an explosion of economic research on labor force dynamics; the movement of individuals between labor force states.

In recent years, interest in the large group of skilled immigrants coming from India to the United States has soared.

Islamic Macroeconomics proposes an Islamic model that offers significant prospects for economic growth and durable macroeconomic stability, and which is immune to the defects of the economic models prevailing both in developed and developing countries.

The recent stock market crash saw a staggering $200 billion wiped off superannuation balances.

Pay Inequalities in the European Community presents a comparative analysis of the distribution of earnings from employment in six countries of the European Economic Community: Britain, Belgium, France, the federal Republic of Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy.

The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk links restructuring in three industries to shifts in risk subjectivities and politics, both within workplaces and within the safety management and regulative spheres, often leading to conflict and changes in law, political discourses and management approaches.

In the aftermath of the global recession, job creation is a policy priority.

First published in 1984, Industrial Relations in the Future highlights probable developments in Britain's system of industrial relations into the 1990s.

Explores the emerging issues of virtual work and looks at how employers have turned to technology during the pandemic.

The countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM) and those in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are crucial to the development of the world economy.

This book describes the adoption, growth and subsequent relinquishment of industrial subsidies in the UK, tracing their development back to the early years of this century and following their extension through to virtually every area of economic policy.

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

This book demonstrates how rethinking and adapting basic employment services into labor intermediation services can help address the many labor market disconnections of developing country economies.

Global Migration beyond Limits takes a critical approach to mainstream economic accounts of migration, environment, and inequality.

It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book describes the origins and birth of Solidarity in 1980, its rebirth in 1989, and the formation of a Solidarity government.

The past few decades have witnessed the economic and geopolitical rise of a number of large middle-income countries around the world.

An engaged workforce is critical to the high performance and success of any organization.

Training and Promotion in Nationalised Industry (1951) is the results of a study made into the personnel department and into certain aspects of personnel policy in the nationalised coal, electricity, gas, transport and airways industries in postwar Britain.

Why did the world''s nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?

An increasingly globalized world economy creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities.

"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.

In The Leadership Engine Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders.

Essentials of Economics in Context is specifically designed to meet the requirements of a one-semester introductory economics course that provides coverage of both microeconomic and macroeconomic foundations.

A theoretical, practical approach to the field of lean production from multiple perspectives: five disciplines, ten industries, and seven countries.

Inner city slums, migrant settlements, construction workers, highlight informal work as underpinning urban poverty and marginalization.

This book provides the first systematic account of the premium costs that migrants pay to live and work abroad.

While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three times as high for those aged 20 to 24.

Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, now in its fourteenth edition, continues to be the leading text for one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide a public good; if MFIs create and deepen markets where none existed before, there may be a case for public support.

The apprentice system in colonial America began as a way for young men to learn valuable trade skills from experienced artisans and mechanics and soon flourished into a fascinating and essential social institution.

This is a collection of essays by an array of contributors from the Global Labour Column, which highlights and examines class struggle as the core of resistance against capitalism today.

Women Challenging Unions is a collection of original papers that presents a vision of an invigorated and vibrant labour movement, one that would actively seek the full participation of women and other traditionally excluded groups, and that would willingly incorporate a feminist agenda.

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India.