Labour / income economics

The topics of unemployment, underemployment, wage trends and patterns, and the relationship between poverty and the labour market are of interest to all policy makers, researchers, academics and journalists concerned with economic development.

The topics of unemployment, underemployment, wage trends and patterns, and the relationship between poverty and the labour market are of interest to all policy makers, researchers, academics and journalists concerned with economic development.

The future of work in advanced industrial democracies is the subject of intense debate and public concern.

The future of work in advanced industrial democracies is the subject of intense debate and public concern.

The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession.

The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession.

Many of the central results of Classical and Marxian political economy are examples of the self-organization of the capitalist economy as a complex, adaptive system far from equilibrium.

The numbers of workers employed on a temporary basis has grown massively over the last few decades.

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

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

Leila Farsakh provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of Palestinian labour flows to Israel.

Leila Farsakh provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of Palestinian labour flows to Israel.

Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring.

Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring.

Internationally, globalization and increased economic integration has impacted quality of life and individual well-being.

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

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

Internationally, globalization and increased economic integration has impacted quality of life and individual well-being.

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology.

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology.

In an era of globalization and demographic transition international migration has become an important issue for European governments.

In an era of globalization and demographic transition international migration has become an important issue for European governments.

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking.

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking.

Examining the crucial topic of race relations, this book explores the economic and social environments that play a significant role in determining economic outcomes and why racial disparities persist.

There is a growing body of work examining the 'consequences', or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level.

There is a growing body of work examining the 'consequences', or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level.

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.

Empirical and mathematically rigorous, this book provides a study of the economics of prostitution rather than focusing on the sociological and cultural themes.

Offering a comprehensive account of the role of trade unions in Asia today, this book, put together by two editors who have published extensively in the areas of business and economics in Asia, covers all the important Asian economies: both developed and developing.

The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years.

The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years.

Before the handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong's economic growth was very strong and the unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.

Before the handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong's economic growth was very strong and the unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.

Idea for those studying advanced macroeconomic and written by a widely published author, this book outlines a new and more fruitful way of understanding, analyzing and formally modelling economic growth.

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.

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.

This book offers a critical examination of the way in which the nature and governance of international labour migration is changing within a globalizing environment.

This book offers a critical examination of the way in which the nature and governance of international labour migration is changing within a globalizing environment.

Gender is now recognized as a fundamental organizing principle for economic as well as social life, and related research has grown at an unprecedented pace in the recent decades across branches of economics.

Gender is now recognized as a fundamental organizing principle for economic as well as social life, and related research has grown at an unprecedented pace in the recent decades across branches of economics.

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run.

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature and quality of work, The Political Economy of Work offers a new and unique assessment of the theoretical analysis of work.

Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature and quality of work, The Political Economy of Work offers a new and unique assessment of the theoretical analysis of work.

Robert LaJeunesse looks beyond the 20th century arguments for shortening the work week.

Robert LaJeunesse looks beyond the 20th century arguments for shortening the work week.

Japan's high-speed Internet access services such as ADSL, CATV Internet and FTTH are considered the cheapest and fastest state-of-the-art services drawing international attention.