Labour and income economics Books

Foreword; J.Holscher Reflections on Progress in the Transition; B.Schmögnerova Introduction; E.Marelli & M.Signorelli Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition: Theoretical Framework and General Overview; E.Marelli& M.Signorelli PART I:...

Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labor markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in...

What is social class? How does social class interact with patriarchy and masculine domination to give shape to contemporary societies? What does Marxian economic theory add to the analysis of gendered domination and feminist critiques of power? These are...

Preface PART I: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; B.Pokrant & M.Gillan Globalization and Economic Change in Bangladesh; J.McGuire ...

Unemployment has been somewhat neglected within the world of economics in recent years. Primarily, this is because the subject has become of less of an issue for many countries. However, even within the EU, several regions still suffer from worrying...

This exciting and timely collection brings together international and national scholars and advocates to provide historical overviews of efforts to pass basic income guarantee legislation in their respective countries and/or across regions of the globe...

As a collection of alternative views on societies, methodologies, policies, and assessment of the current elements of the society, Alternative Perspectives of a Good Society brings together different authors to answer different questions all within the...

The idea of guaranteeing every member of society an unconditional basic income is one the most innovative and powerful proposals for countering our growing economic inequalities and to sustainably prevent poverty. But would this be a just thing to do? In...

The 2007-09 financial crisis and economic downturn inflicted considerable hardship on the U.S. population. This book argues that the financial crisis and ensuing recession reflected not just a malfunctioning of the financial system -- but also...

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Productivity and Efficiency Analysis Cost Efficiency in Models of Data Envelopment Analysis R&D Spending and Efficiency in Computer and Pharmaceutical Industries Comparison of Various Efficiency...

Companies and work have undergone significant change in the last two decades, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how this model works and argues that it has a high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within...

Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Some Remarks on the Study of Transformation Processes; Z.Nahorski, J.W.Owsinski & T.Szapiro PART I: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: THE OWNERSHIP PARADIGM An Essay in Modelling of Institutional Change; L.Hurwicz When...

This book explores theoretical developments of trade models, examining labour mobility, unemployment and training in models of international trade, as well as migration and labour markets, the wage and unemployment impacts of adjustment, adjustment and...

List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Foreword; S.Panitchpakdi Foreword; T.Venables List of Contributors Overview; S.Laird & S.Fernández de Córdoba PART 1: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS Now What? Searching for a...

This book is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisdplinary research. That tradition has tended to atrophy in the last decade, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoc1assical economics. The...

This edited collection, by an international network of prominent feminist scholars, combines theoretical discussions and original empirical material from the UK, US, Germany and Japan to investigate the future of work.