Labour / income economics

This book considers recent advances in household economics, consumer behaviour and economic policy and examines their interrelationship and impact on growth, development, trade and welfare policy in world economies in the 21st century.

Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation.

Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation.

When one thinks about how collective decisions are made, voting is the method that comes naturally to mind.

When one thinks about how collective decisions are made, voting is the method that comes naturally to mind.

A collection of papers with an historical theme, representing a fundamental review of 'A Study of Town Life' and its impact on the study of poverty and on wider empirical research.

A collection of papers with an historical theme, representing a fundamental review of 'A Study of Town Life' and its impact on the study of poverty and on wider empirical research.

Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades.

Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades.

This study of the strategic, policy and operational characteristics of Land Value Taxation is a unique and original contribution to Elston knowledge.

This study of the strategic, policy and operational characteristics of Land Value Taxation is a unique and original contribution to Elston knowledge.

This book addresses the challenges facing stable democratic states in dealing with oil companies in order to secure general welfare gains.

This book addresses the challenges facing stable democratic states in dealing with oil companies in order to secure general welfare gains.

The social fund has been a controversial instrument of social policy in the UK since its introduction in 1988.

The social fund has been a controversial instrument of social policy in the UK since its introduction in 1988.

Presenting the findings of a major research project funded by the EU (INTAS), this key volume investigates the regional, ethnic and socio-cultural aspects of poverty and social exclusion in Russia in recent years.

Presenting the findings of a major research project funded by the EU (INTAS), this key volume investigates the regional, ethnic and socio-cultural aspects of poverty and social exclusion in Russia in recent years.

In this book Max Koch develops a theoretical model to understand the restructuring of labour markets and social structures of advanced capitalist countries on the basis of the 'regulation approach'.

In this book Max Koch develops a theoretical model to understand the restructuring of labour markets and social structures of advanced capitalist countries on the basis of the 'regulation approach'.

How do young people make effective transitions into work?

How do young people make effective transitions into work?

The competition for limited health care resources is intensifying.

The competition for limited health care resources is intensifying.

The integrity of tax systems as we know them are being challenged throughout the world.

The integrity of tax systems as we know them are being challenged throughout the world.

Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels.

Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels.

The purpose of this book is to formulate economic models of the advantages and costs of transparency in various areas of public sector activity and to assess what level of obfuscation in politics is rational.

The purpose of this book is to formulate economic models of the advantages and costs of transparency in various areas of public sector activity and to assess what level of obfuscation in politics is rational.

Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems.

Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems.

Housing provision is a major dilemma for local authorities.

Housing provision is a major dilemma for local authorities.

This book contends that various forms of regulation have costs as well as benefits and it examines the impact of government regulation on the innovativeness of 'monopolies' - in this book meaning firms with the power to affect market price.

This book contends that various forms of regulation have costs as well as benefits and it examines the impact of government regulation on the innovativeness of 'monopolies' - in this book meaning firms with the power to affect market price.

Accounting for Construction follows on from Measuring Construction, edited by the same team.

Accounting for Construction follows on from Measuring Construction, edited by the same team.

Long-running trends towards increasing inequality between the rich and poor across Europe have been exacerbated by the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath.

Long-running trends towards increasing inequality between the rich and poor across Europe have been exacerbated by the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath.

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

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

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.

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.

The end of the twentieth century saw remarkable changes in the way that economic regulation was viewed.

The end of the twentieth century saw remarkable changes in the way that economic regulation was viewed.

This book, first published in 1965, illustrates the world of management in the airline industry.

This book, first published in 1965, illustrates the world of management in the airline industry.

The increase in practical problems generated by the intensive growth in air transport has necessitated the development of specialised operations research methods and modern computer technology.

The increase in practical problems generated by the intensive growth in air transport has necessitated the development of specialised operations research methods and modern computer technology.

The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired.