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Labour economics

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

€ 95.24
€ 73.14

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

€ 43.99
€ 38.14

Hardback. Using novel methodological approaches and new data, The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Editor(s): Callahan, Rebecca M.; Gandara, Patricia C. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783092420
ISBN
9781783092420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.82

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

€ 34.11

Paperback. There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that jobless recoveries could become a permanent feature of Western economies. Series: Work & Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670287
ISBN
9780745670287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

Paperback. Examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who labor in the agricultural fields and maquiladora factories on the border. This title describes harsh conditions of child labor in the Mexicali Valley, the deplorable housing outside factories in cities such as Tijuana, and corporate retaliation faced by union organizers. Num Pages: 348 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; KCF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244726
ISBN
9780520244726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.29

Hardback. More than peace or money or any other good, the business, government, military, city, and village leaders who can create good jobs will own the future. This title explains why jobs are the global currency for leaders. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gallup Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595620552
ISBN
9781595620552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066290
ISBN
9780252066290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Lowell; Wever, Kirsten S. Series: LERA Research Volumes. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: KCF; KCP; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 199. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
ILR Press
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0224632
ISBN
9780913447642
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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
€ 18.01

Hardback. The Declining Importance of Race and Gender in the Labor Market provides historical background on employment discrimination and wage discrepancies in the United States and on government efforts to address employment discrimination Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCFM; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
AEI Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780844772448
ISBN
9780844772448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.25
€ 87.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179010
ISBN
9780231179010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231179003
ISBN
9780231179003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48
€ 51.27

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

€ 101.18
€ 77.50

hardcover. Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. This book focuses on labour used in agriculture in the US, Canada and Australia. The perpective is interdisciplinary, with contributions from economists, sociologists and anthropologists. Editor(s): Findeis, J.L.; Vandeman, A.; Larson, J.; Runyan, J (all of Pennsylvania State University and USDA Economic Research Service, USA). Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cabi United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851996035
ISBN
9780851996035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 260.26

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835851
ISBN
9781843835851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.11
€ 97.59

Paperback. The Economic Horror is an impassioned book addressed to the dominant political and economic elites in our society. Those in power, Forrester tells us, continue to present employment as the norm -- and by doing so make the unemployed feel worthless. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619941
ISBN
9780745619941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.25

Paperback. The Economics of Gender, 3e offers an affordable, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary research being conducted on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities, and rewards. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161824
ISBN
9781405161824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.00

Hardcover. Human Systems Integration is a new but fundamental integrating discipline in moving business and engineering cultures toward a more people-technology orientation. Economics of Human Systems Integration provides essential economic concepts, principles, methods, and tools on systems integration issues and tradeoffs. Series: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; TBDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470486764
ISBN
9780470486764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.79

Hardback. Includes minimum wages, employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, active labor market policies, working-time regulations, family policies, equal opportunity legislation, collective bargaining, early retirement programs, education and migration policies, payroll taxes, and employment-conditional incentives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 line illus. 56 tables. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 256 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158938
ISBN
9780691158938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.05
€ 53.91

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