Labour Economics
Global Youth Unemployment
Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates
'Rarely has a study of global youth unemployment so adeptly combined an empirically-grounded scrutiny of its levels and trends, with a conceptually nuanced analysis of its political economy drivers at multiple scales. Fergusson and Yeate...
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Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Edited by Keith Townsend, Kenneth Cafferkey, Aoife M. McDermott, Tony Dundon
'Bringing together a diverse set of authors of distinguished pedigree, this collection provides an authoritative survey of theories of the employment relationship. Classical theories of work and employment are fully represented, with exc...
The Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment Relations
Edited by Young-Myon Lee, Bruce E. Kaufman
'Korea owes its rise to the ranks of the most prosperous nations, largely, to its investment in human resources. Yet, significant gaps remain that block further improvements in the lives of its workers and citizens. This book is as autho...
Individualism and Inequality
Ralph Fevre
'Suitors would be wrong to see this book as just another study of modern-day inequality. It offers far more insight than other books on this topic. Broadly, it is about two related trends: the decline of belief in human qualities and hum...
Living Wages Around the World
Richard Anker, Martha Anker
This manual describes a new methodology to measure a decent but basic standard of living in different countries and how much workers need to earn to afford this, making it possible for researchers to estimate comparable living wages arou...
Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets
Edited by Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx
Examining the occupational variation within non-standard employment, this book combines case studies and comparative writing to illustrate how and why alternative occupational employment patterns are formed. Through expert contributions,...
Reflexive Labour Law in the World Society
Ralf Rogowski
'Rogowski's challenging book offers readers a rigorous but accessible introduction to the theory of reflexive law, important and original insights into current issues in industrial relations and labour law and a fascinating preview of ho...
Vanity Economics
C. Simon Fan
'Vanity Economics is a very ambitious book. Its aim is to revisit the state of the art economic research on interpersonal relationships, both within the family and at the social level, through the lenses of a new, unifying concept: "vani...
Population Aging and the Generational Economy
Edited by Ronald Lee, Andrew Mason
'Lee and Mason have done scholars and practitioners a magnificent service by undertaking this comprehensive, compelling, and supremely innovative examination of the economic consequences of changes in population age structure. The book i...
Fair Wages
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
'While many economists, policy-makers and commentators often point at negative effects of globalisation on wage inequality and income distribution, few specific proposals have emerged so far. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead's book should be com...
The Shape of the Division of Labour
Edited by Robert M. Solow, Jean-Philippe Touffut
'This book is unique in its broad coverage of the concept of division of labour. The variety of contributions highlight its shape, showing that it is not just limited to the old notions of the degree of the division of labour among produ...
Work after Globalization
'This is an important book. It shifts emphasis from the role of capital to the creativity of labour in the creation of value in the real economy. A central role is accorded to each and all of the skills and occupations which contribute t...
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