Labour / income economics

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

Professionalism is currently undergoing a process of radical change.

A topical examination of the impact of globalization and the intricate relationship between international trade and labour markets, containing theoretical and empirical studies of countries including UK, Mexico and Chile.

The book discusses the links between primary commodity prices and the OECD rate of unemployment.

This analysis proposes a political explanation for the breakdown of Keynesian full employment in Australia.

Many employed men and women now hold self-employed, part-time or temporary jobs.

What accounts for the varying long term growth patterns across developing countries?

Examines the role of women and men in the economy of the future.

The book examines the effect of various public policies on economic performance in Japan.

During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'.

'A comprehensive selection of those aspects of management theory which could have some relevance to main contracting.

'A refreshing and useful addition to the folklore of management.

The restructuring of most European industries may have taken an irreversible turn.

Identifies the main considerations in the policy formation process, isolates cross-national commonalities and differences, and discusses the potential for cross-national local economic development policy transfer.

From 1870 to 1930 Argentina underwent massive changes.

Transport policy has dramatically changed over the last ten years with major regulatory reforms and privatisation of transport enterprises.

In 1979 this century's largest gold rush began in the Brazilian Amazon and has continued ever since.

The issue of trade union democracy has been the subject of considerable controversy in recent years.

A study which examines the economic rationale for migration and its effect on agricultural development.

Examines the policies of labour reform in China, with particular reference to occupational inheritance, flexible labour efficiency wage and enterprise behaviour.

New forms of organisation and market behaviour are emerging to replace and reshape older forms.

Presents an analysis of the political processes involved in China's wage policy.

Explains the causes and consequences of democratization within the firm.

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held to assess the current state of the analysis of the labour market and of industrial relations and their relationship to economic performance.

This work argues that the successful implementation of a share economy requires some substantial changes in the typical structure of property rights of modern capitalism.

The development of industrialization and its effect on the international division of labour is here considered first in terms of economic theory, and then by means of a case study of Finland, representing a semi-peripheral economy in the global economic system.

A book distinguishing between the situation in the labour market and the utilization of the employed labour force in the Soviet Union.

The book covers the vocational training and employment of young workers in various European and North American advanced economies; the forms taken by regulation of youth economic activity and the effects of its deregulation; training systems, training policies and access to skilled work in various paired-country comparisons; and the links between trade unions and young workers in two country-specific case-studies.

Part of a series designed to give a comprehensive analysis of some of the complex problems facing contemporary Latin America.

A collection of papers which analyzes and measures unemployment as a search activity, discusses efficiency wage models and which considers the impact of government and unions on employment and unemployment.

This book addresses some of the major issues associated with competition in theory and practice.

Part of a series of books based on papers delivered at the annual UMIST-Aston conference, combined with specially commissioned contributions, this text examines the labour process, focusing on the white-collar/non-manual sector of the work force.