Labour economics
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Labour economics
Hardback. Working alongside migrant Filipina hostesses in Japan, Parrenas investigates the impact of being labeled as trafficked victims and explores what governments should do to improve the lives of global migrants. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777117
- ISBN
- 9780804777117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardback. A study containing a combination of theory, ethnography and history, focusing upon critical issues of economic organization and change. Labour organization, land tenure and the division of labour by age and sex are treated in the context of both practical and theoretical problems. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333452363
- ISBN
- 9780333452363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Paperback. A study containing a combination of theory, ethnography and history, focusing upon critical issues of economic organization and change. Labour organization, land tenure and the division of labour by age and sex are treated in the context of both practical and theoretical problems. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; KCF; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349196258
- ISBN
- 9781349196258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. What are the true consequences of the Employee Free Choice Act? Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817949419
- ISBN
- 9780817949419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643519
- ISBN
- 9780691643519
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Condition: New
€ 175.01€ 132.97
€ 175.01
€ 132.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646800
- ISBN
- 9780691646800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.34€ 83.54
€ 107.34
€ 83.54
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261584
- ISBN
- 9780226261584
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.92
€ 51.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333358061
- ISBN
- 9780333358061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCZ; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238930
- ISBN
- 9780230238930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.19
€ 102.19
Hardcover. The forces that are shaping the future of employment are examined in this new book. The author presents a cohesive argument for a fundamental change in attitudes to work, both from policymakers and employers if we are to create a healthier society capable of meeting the expectations and concerns of a developing economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576384
- ISBN
- 9780230576384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.57
€ 79.57
Paperback. Brings together international and national scholars and activists to pass unconditional basic income guarantee legislation across the world. Editor(s): Caputo, Richard K. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297627
- ISBN
- 9781349297627
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Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Hardcover. This book examines pivotal changes in social welfare for low-income families in the United States between the advent of the Reagan administration, and the end of the G.W. Bush administration, as well as the rise of the Earned Income Tax Credit program. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. Num Pages: 308 pages, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602. Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. 324 pages, 50 black & white tables. This book examines pivotal changes in social welfare for low-income families in the United States between the advent of the Reagan administration, and the end of the G.W. Bush administration, as well as the rise of the Earned Income Tax Credit program. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; KCF. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441976734
- ISBN
- 9781441976734
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Condition: New
€ 201.74
€ 201.74
Hardback. Global free trade is one of the most controversial phenomena of our time. Richard Munch offers a new theory of global labour division to explain deeper transformations in the production and distribution of wealth brought about by global free trade. He then carries out and analyzes empirical investigations based on this theory. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFS; KCF; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567178
- ISBN
- 9781137567178
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
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
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.39
€ 35.99
€ 24.39
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
€ 99.17€ 83.40
€ 99.17
€ 83.40
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
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
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
€ 21.99€ 17.78
€ 21.99
€ 17.78
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
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Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
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
€ 87.50€ 68.64
€ 87.50
€ 68.64
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
€ 58.34€ 46.42
€ 58.34
€ 46.42
Paperback. This work employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis, and new developments in "brain science", to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JHBL; KCA; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669501
- ISBN
- 9780333669501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.03
€ 61.03
Hardback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312107444
- ISBN
- 9780312107444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349232628
- ISBN
- 9781349232628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28