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Labour economics

Hardcover. Although economists have long pointed to the aggregate gains from increased economic integration, the popular perception of globalization is much more pessimistic. Workers feel less secure in their jobs and fear wage losses and unemployment. This book explores these issues, and asks whether the concerns are warranted. Editor(s): Greenaway, Professor David; Upward, Richard; Wright, Peter. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230004931
ISBN
9780230004931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

Paperback. This book explores theoretical developments of trade models, as well as examining migration, and labor markets, the wage and unemployment impacts of adjustment, and occupational mobility, exchange rate fluctuations and trade exposure, fragmentation, and the labor market. Editor(s): Greenaway, D; Upward, R; Wright, P. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349281732
ISBN
9781349281732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Hardcover. There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth. With critical examination of ongoing labour reforms, and using extensive field surveys, this book will be of interest to all seeking an analysis of labour economics, labour laws, economic growth and globalization in South Asia. Editor(s): Sato, Hiroshi; Murayama, Mayumi. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFS; KCFM; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230538030
ISBN
9780230538030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.90

Hardcover. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403932617
ISBN
9781403932617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349516216
ISBN
9781349516216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.17

Paperback. What models of distributive justice can the 21st century promote to challenge the spread of insecurity, inequality and social fragmentation? This book presents a vision combining security of income and representation without moralistic state control. Num Pages: 457 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
457
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776520
ISBN
9780333776520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327983
ISBN
9780745327983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.46

Hardcover. Editor(s): Paus, Eva. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403984296
ISBN
9781403984296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Paperback. Leading experts analyze the impact of the rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT. For some it promises more rapid economic growth and for some developing countries it is an opportunity to leapfrog, while others are sidelined but it also means labour and governments may lose bargaining power vis-a-vis globally mobile capital." Editor(s): Paus, Eva. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349539819
ISBN
9781349539819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Paperback. Leading experts analyze the impact of the rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT. For some it promises more rapid economic growth and for some developing countries it is an opportunity to leapfrog, while others are sidelined but it also means labour and governments may lose bargaining power vis-a-vis globally mobile capital. Editor(s): Paus, Eva. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCD; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609099
ISBN
9780230609099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.96

Paperback. Explores how flexibility and uncertainty in the IT labor market are constructed and sustained through concrete human actions. Drawing on field research in southern India and in Australia, and folding an ethnography into a political economy examination, this book offers an analysis of the India-based global labor management practice. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table. 1 map. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118529
ISBN
9780691118529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. This text analyzes scholarship and controversies on the glass ceiling and labour market discrimination in conjunction with the specific labour histories of Asian American ethnic groups. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742503359
ISBN
9780742503359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.30

Paperback. The contributors consider a wide range of issues, from an examination of the male/female wage gap that starts when girls are teenagers, to policewomen in Persian Gulf countries, to Latinas' politics, to Aboriginal health care workers, to secretarial work, and to feminist activism in Cuban hip hop. Editor(s): Morrow, Colette; Fredrick, Terri Ann. Series: A Feminist Formations Reader. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406350
ISBN
9781421406350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.91

Paperback. Series: Great Minds Series. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Prometheus Books UK United States
Number of pages
419
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573921398
ISBN
9781573921398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.65

Hardback. Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 tables, 51 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760096
ISBN
9780804760096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Focuses on women and households as significant productive units of global production systems and brings gender and social reproduction into the theoretical center of global commodity and value chain analysis. Editor(s): Dunaway, Wilma A. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787949
ISBN
9780804787949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.40

Hardcover. The Soviet Union was the first country to give women equal rights and equal pay, but this was not carried through in practice. This study applies modern econometrics to survey data collected in the USSR. Analysis of data from Russia shows how legislative equality hid actual discrimination. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 591.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734148
ISBN
9780333734148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.36

Paperback. Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. This study uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333657799
ISBN
9780333657799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNK; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137514622
ISBN
9781137514622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.56

Hardcover. This book provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European countries and New Zealand on the basis of micro data. Particular attention is devoted to job access and workplace practices, promotions and wage growth, sectoral affiliation and rent-sharing, and unobserved heterogeneity and dynamics. Editor(s): Mahy, Benoit; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, Francois. Series: Applied Econometrics Association Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230004719
ISBN
9780230004719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Paperback. This volume provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European countries and New Zealand on the basis of micro data. Editor(s): Mahy, B; Plasman, R; Rycx, F. Series: Applied Econometrics Association Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; KCF; KCH; KCL; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349281350
ISBN
9781349281350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.56

Hardback. Why in 2015 are there still large gender differences in economic success? This volume consists of a set of state of the art research articles to answer this question. Focus areas include educational attainment, financial risk management, bargaining power, social mobility, and intergenerational transfers in the US and abroad. Editor(s): Polachek, Solomon W.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785601415
ISBN
9781785601415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.05

Hardcover. This volume contains new and innovative research articles on issues related to gender convergence in the labor market. Topics include patterns in lifetime work, earnings and human capital investment, the gender wage gap, gender complementarities, career progression, the gender composition of top management and the role of parental leave policies. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784414566
ISBN
9781784414566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Connelly, Rachel; Kongar, Ebru. Num Pages: 411 pages, 111 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568366
ISBN
9781137568366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.92

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