Labour economics
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Labour economics
It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labour standards and quality of life. This book demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labour conditions have promoted globalization. Series: Yale Series in Economic and Financial History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158700
- ISBN
- 9780300158700
Condition: New
€ 66.50€ 52.98
€ 66.50
€ 52.98
Using a world historical approach, Valiani demonstrates that though nursing and other caring labour is essential to human, social, and economic development, the exploitation of care workers is escalating. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 tables; 18 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643666
- ISBN
- 9781442643666
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
paperback. This book focuses on the reasons for international migration during the era of mass migrations and examines the resulting economic effect. Editor(s): Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JPVH1; KCF; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415107693
- ISBN
- 9780415107693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.77
€ 81.77
Hardcover. This book deals with maritime workers, seafarers, and merchant shipping in the Indian subcontinent during the colonial period. It provides a detailed account of the social and individual lives of Indian seafarers; development of shipping industry; and economic life in the subcontinent. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; JFFS; KCF; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198078845
- ISBN
- 9780198078845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.58
€ 79.58
Paperback. Since the 1970s, a gulf has opened between the pay of low-paid workers and the pay of the middle class. The author states this as a failure of political economy whose widespread effects are undermining the free-enterprise system. He proposes a solution: a graduated schedule of tax subsidies to enterprises for every low-wage worker they employ. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026940
- ISBN
- 9780674026940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.99
€ 35.99
€ 30.99
Hardback. Based on case studies of Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia, this book examines the changes in rural labour markets as a result of a decade of structural adjustment programmes. The overview chapter reviews the complexities of the African labour markets. Editor(s): Jamal, Vali. Series: The ILO Studies Series. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629796
- ISBN
- 9780333629796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.52
€ 128.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Kameron, Antonette. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: KCFM. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631176012
- ISBN
- 9781631176012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.75€ 128.36
€ 186.75
€ 128.36
Paperback. The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. This book offers a perspective on how the informal economy of undocumented labor truly functions in American society. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277861
- ISBN
- 9780520277861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Hyde, Antone K; Forbes, Frederic A. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619426436
- ISBN
- 9781619426436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.66€ 116.23
€ 165.66
€ 116.23
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Diaz, Clayton. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634826754
- ISBN
- 9781634826754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.42€ 144.32
€ 191.42
€ 144.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Dudziak, Frank S. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWXV; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624176869
- ISBN
- 9781624176869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.16€ 136.11
€ 197.16
€ 136.11
Paperback. Combining firsthand accounts of five differently situated Portuguese women, who describe their lives in a rural fishing community on the north coast of Portugal with cultural and economic analysis, this work radically departs from the picture of women as sexual beings that prevails in the anthropological literature on Europe and the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028620
- ISBN
- 9780691028620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 39.50
€ 49.00
€ 39.50
Hardback. The EU's 'social dimension' is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers and the adaptability of labor market regimes. The book argues that this social-liberal approach is best explained with a set of ideas strategically advanced by 'thought communities' in the policy process. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPA; JPSN2; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137508713
- ISBN
- 9781137508713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.20
€ 67.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQ; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590338964
- ISBN
- 9781590338964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.82€ 43.61
€ 54.82
€ 43.61
Hardback. Volume 17 of Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms provides detailed analysis on standard econometric studies to new institutional economics to behavioral economics. Series Editor(s): Kato, Takao. Series: Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785609664
- ISBN
- 9781785609664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.18
€ 132.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Lipsig-Mumme, Carla. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KCFM; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665640
- ISBN
- 9781552665640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.92
€ 30.99
€ 26.92
Hardback. Editor(s): Salazar, Josiah. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634833783
- ISBN
- 9781634833783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.42€ 144.32
€ 191.42
€ 144.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Garcia, Clark Martin; Cook, Scott. Num Pages: 141 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622578184
- ISBN
- 9781622578184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.16€ 69.67
€ 99.16
€ 69.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Sanford, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: KCFM; KFFN. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631176517
- ISBN
- 9781631176517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.70€ 58.22
€ 81.70
€ 58.22
Hardback. Editor(s): Ping Wang, He; Yu Ma, Bao. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620811726
- ISBN
- 9781620811726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.16€ 135.40
€ 197.16
€ 135.40