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Labour economics

Paperback. Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Editor(s): Prince, Ruth; Brown, Hannah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011398
ISBN
9781847011398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Milkman, Ruth; Voss, Kim. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38. BIC Classification: KCF; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801489020
ISBN
9780801489020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Hartley, Russell B. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629489322
ISBN
9781629489322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.19
€ 58.29

Paperback. The first no-holds-barred expose of the exploitative and divisive world of internships. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844678839
ISBN
9781844678839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. This innovative, timely book offers a challenging interpretation of the ways in which young people's non-participation is becoming criminalised. It re-examines the causes and consequences of youth unemployment from an unusually wide range of perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVQ2; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447307013
ISBN
9781447307013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.63

Hardback. Editor(s): Osbourne, Rosalie. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JMJ; KCFM; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634636490
ISBN
9781634636490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 290.02
€ 214.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560724315
ISBN
9781560724315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.02
€ 76.80

Hardcover. women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran Editor(s): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, 63 tables, 16 figures, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; KCFM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632139
ISBN
9780815632139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.61

Paperback. Solving the riddle of America's immigration puzzle, this text seeks to address the question of why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that the modern economy seems to demand. Num Pages: 299 pages, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231627
ISBN
9780520231627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Ruth; Pempel, T. J.; Ravenhill, John. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
264
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0221024
ISBN
9780801473579
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For international migrants seeking employment in the USA, the desire to remit a portion of their earnings to their home countries is a time-honoured custom. This volume tracks the evolution of the flow of money "home", offering data to enhance understanding of this economic phenomenon. Editor(s): De la Garza, Rodolfo O.; Lowell, Briant Lindsay. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518865
ISBN
9780742518865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.55

Paperback. Drawing on accounts from scores of people in all walks of life and from a national survey, this book shows that work and money cannot be understood in terms of economic theories alone, but are inevitably rooted in our concepts of ourselves and in the symbolic rituals and taboos of everyday life. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058955
ISBN
9780691058955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.32

Hardback. Shows analytically and quantitatively that rigid wages are important for explaining the volatile behavior of the unemployment rate in business cycles. This book focuses on the labor wedge that arises when the marginal rate of substitution between consumption and leisure does not equal the marginal product of labor. Series: Crei Lectures in Macroeconomics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140223
ISBN
9780691140223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.26

Paperback. The definitive biography of David Dubinsky, one of the most controversial and influential labour leaders in 20th-century America Num Pages: 436 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770368
ISBN
9780814770368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. An investigation of the dramatic decline in the proportion of workers represented by a labour union in the USA between 1977 and 1997. It relates this decline to changes in domestic spending, imports, exports, and the intensity in which labour is used for both union and non-union workers. Series: Globalization Balance Sheet S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KCLT; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323412
ISBN
9780881323412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. How attorneys' work is deprofessionalized, downgraded, and controlled through part-time and temporary assignments Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMP; KCF; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902851
ISBN
9781439902851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardback. Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCN; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332680
ISBN
9780745332680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.03
€ 83.42

Paperback. Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: KCF; KCN; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332673
ISBN
9780745332673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. These essays address the important topic of human capital creation from an economic point of view. Among the crucial human capital-related topics covered are the complex interactions between schooling, learning and worker productivity, and individual earnings effects of investment in human capital. Editor(s): Asplund, Rita M. Num Pages: 213 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co Germany
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790808155
ISBN
9783790808155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Provides an assessment of how effectively labor market institutions are responding to the decline of private sector unions. This book also provides case studies of labor market institutions and various directions for existing institutions. It presents the story of workers and institutions searching for ways to represent labor. Editor(s): Freeman, Richard B.; Hersch, Joni; Mishel, Lawrence. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261584
ISBN
9780226261584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

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