Labour / income economics

Volume 16 of "e;Research on Economic"e; contains a selection of thirteen papers from the Second Biannual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Berlin, July, 2007.

Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce.

Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce.

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond.

From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved.

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond.

The New Maids is a pioneering book, grounded on rich, empirical evidence, which examines the relationship between globalization, transnationalism, gender and the care economy.

From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved.

Globalisation, the shift from manufacturing to services as a source of employment, and the spread of information-based systems and technologies have given birth to a new economy, which emphasises flexibility in the labour market and in employment relations.

Getting a job can be hard if you are young and inexperienced, but there is a great deal you can do both before and after you leave university that will improve your chances.

How do changes at home, in the labor market and on the job affect worker well-being?

How do changes at home, in the labor market and on the job affect worker well-being?

Using an interdisciplinary lens, this book innovatively explores the conflicts and shifting boundaries in organisational, professional, legal and economic structures, caused by the rise of the gig economy.

Using an interdisciplinary lens, this book innovatively explores the conflicts and shifting boundaries in organisational, professional, legal and economic structures, caused by the rise of the gig economy.

How firms are structured, the management practices they develop, as well as the way in which workers and managers interact can have wider implications for both the performance of the firm and the well-being of its workers.

Innovation is a critical facilitator in today's fast-changing global value chain landscape.

The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workersa sociological exploration that reads like a novel.

A country's economic productivity is directly related to the health of its workforce.

US Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dismal tale of union mergers and management partnerships that accompanied the retreat from militancy since the 1980s.

This title was first published in 2003.

There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the theorization of labour regimes in various disciplines.

There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the theorization of labour regimes in various disciplines.

The "e;informal"e; economy economic activity and income outside government regulation, taxation and observation is, by its very nature, difficult to quantify.

The "e;living wage"e; is an old idea that has experienced a dramatic resurgence of political popularity in recent years.

Understanding the factors that affect howone transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker.

The deterioration of employmentconditions for an increasing number of employees in late capitalism hasprompted researchers to find ways to conceptualise, as well as measure, these observed new tendencies.

The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills.

This volume gathers recent insights into the determinants, developments and outcomes of employee share ownership.

The deterioration of employmentconditions for an increasing number of employees in late capitalism hasprompted researchers to find ways to conceptualise, as well as measure, these observed new tendencies.

The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills.

Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious.

An evening of shameless entertainment,of divine feminine fury.

How can we make sense of a world where we have both too many billionaires and too many foodbanks?

In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested.

'Revolutionises our understanding of the carceral state' - Fidelis Chebe, Director of Migrant ActionDuring 2019-20 in England and Wales, over 17 million hours of labour were carried out by more than 12,500 people incarcerated in prisons, while many people in immigration removal centres also worked.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens.

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.

We live in a world with too many graduates fighting for too few jobs; where Deliveroo and FedEx drivers have advanced degrees.

Feminism is once again on the political agenda.

*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*Although widely criticised and hugely wasteful, The Common Agricultural Policy did at least afford British farmers a degree of support.

In today's workplaces we work harder and longer, labouring under the illusion that this will bring us more wealth.

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017**Winner of the 2016 Labor History Best Book prize*Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial supervisors and an enforced dearth of union organisation.

Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life in the twenty-first century.

This study exposes the human side of the decline of the U.

This volume gathers recent insights into the determinants, developments and outcomes of employee share ownership.

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.