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Labour economics

Paperback. Confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KCF; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749695
ISBN
9780804749695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

Hardback. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, this book explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278110
ISBN
9780520278110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.45

Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278127
ISBN
9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. Examines the changing demographics of the workforce, and their impact on the world of work. This work provides a perspective on what we know about issues related to the older worker, thus providing a foundation for confronting the challenges facing the workforce of the future. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
American Psychological Association United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591473190
ISBN
9781591473190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319455181
ISBN
9783319455181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPA; JPF; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633992
ISBN
9780691633992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.80

Paperback. Explores the dysfunctional state of US high-skilled immigration laws. This title recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324136
ISBN
9780881324136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
MX Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780922225
ISBN
9781780922225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.96

Hardback. This volume deals with the general issues of the causes and consequences of the rise of so-called free labor from slavery and serfdom in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean over the past four to five centuries, and points to the many complications and paradoxical aspects of this change. Editor(s): Engerman, Stanley L. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KJ; JHBL; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735216
ISBN
9780804735216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

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. Num Pages: 118 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: KCF; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903319744
ISBN
9780903319744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 250 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KJMV2; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319378251
ISBN
9783319378251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.52

Hardback. Unemployment remains a major problem for economic policy at the beginning of the millennium. This title investigates how tax policy affects labor market outcomes in industrialized countries and to what extent it can be used to combat unemployment. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792374404
ISBN
9780792374404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardcover. This book analyses the impact of European tax and benefit systems on incentives to create and take up jobs. European policymakers face tough choices as reforms to these systems are costly and recognising and understanding the complex trade-offs involved - a pre-condition to pushing the reform process forward - is the aim of this volume. Editor(s): Buti, Marco; Sestito, Paolo; Wijkander, Hans. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; KCFM; LNTH; LNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840645118
ISBN
9781840645118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.57

Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076671
ISBN
9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: KCFM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
LIBERTIES PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0008749
ISBN
9781905483600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531126395
ISBN
9783531126395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.95

Hardback. Essay collection from the Global Labour Column Editor(s): Pons-Vignon, Nicolas; Nkosi, Mbuso. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336169
ISBN
9780745336169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 83.84

Paperback. Essay collection from the Global Labour Column Editor(s): Pons-Vignon, Nicolas; Nkosi, Mbuso. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336213
ISBN
9780745336213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Hardcover. Selected papers from a conference held in honour of Professor Dale T. Mortensen upon the occasion of his 65th birthday. It includes papers on some of Professor Dale T. Mortensen's current research topics, as well as additional theoretical papers, and micro- and macro-econometric papers. Editor(s): Bunzel, Henning; Christensen, Bent; Neumann, George R.; Robin, Jean-Marc. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780444520890
ISBN
9780444520890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332550
ISBN
9780745332550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.71

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

€ 100.85
€ 70.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 87 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JNK; JNS; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833027603
ISBN
9780833027603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.80

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JP; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810008770
ISBN
9783810008770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.71

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