Labour economics
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Labour economics
Hardback. Exposing the corporate structures behind exploitative migrant labour programs Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 chart, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036279
- ISBN
- 9780252036279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.13
€ 134.13
Hardback. 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 title contributes to an ongoing 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: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034367
- ISBN
- 9780252034367
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Condition: New
€ 152.81
€ 152.81
Paperback. Tells the story of three men - Congressman Harry Davenport, union leader Tom Quinn, and Father Charles Owen Rice - whose lives became intertwined during the anti-Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy Era. This story helps illuminate one of the most repressive periods in American history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822959663
- ISBN
- 9780822959663
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Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
The Analysis of Firms and Employees. Quantitative and Qualitative Appr...
. Ed(S): Bender, Stefan; Lane, Julia; Shaw, K...
Hardback. Examines the relationships between human resource practices and productivity, changing ownership and production methods, and expanding trade patterns and firm competitiveness. Editor(s): Bender, Stefan; Lane, Julia; Shaw, Kathryn L.; Andersson, Fredrik; Wachter, Till von. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 336 pages, 44 line drawings, 97 tables. BIC Classification: KCF; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042879
- ISBN
- 9780226042879
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Condition: New
€ 150.34
€ 150.34
Hardback. The diversity of labor market intermediaries encompasses criminal records providers, public employment offices, labor unions, and centralized medical residency matches. This work analyzes how these third-party actors intercede where workers and firms meet, thereby aiding, impeding, and, in some cases, exploiting the matching process. Editor(s): Autor, David H. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 halftone, 27 line drawings, 123 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032887
- ISBN
- 9780226032887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.17
€ 167.17
Hardcover. An examination of the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty and other negative work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery. This text examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Virginia
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921150
- ISBN
- 9780813921150
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Condition: New
€ 87.44
€ 87.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 59, graphs. BIC Classification: KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473258
- ISBN
- 9780801473258
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.33
€ 30.99
€ 27.33
Hardcover. The first major work to examine welfare-to-work programs and their implications for public policy Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQ; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113934
- ISBN
- 9780472113934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardcover. A new model for contemporary economic behavior Series: Advances in Heterodox Economics S. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113576
- ISBN
- 9780472113576
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Condition: New
€ 111.15
€ 111.15
Hardcover. A close ethnographic study of how culture, power, gender, and institutions affect labor exchanges Series: Linking Levels of Analysis S. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110186
- ISBN
- 9780472110186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.58
€ 117.58
Hardcover. In a global economy, workers must assert their collective rights as workers in order to win human rights as individuals. By introducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, this book reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy. Series: Advances in Heterodox Economics S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472070428
- ISBN
- 9780472070428
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Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Hyatt, Douglas; Belman, Dale; Gunderson, Morley. Series: LERA Research Volumes. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KJMV2; KNV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913447673
- ISBN
- 9780913447673
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Condition: New
€ 52.90
€ 52.90
Paperback. Many US private employers have enacted foetal protection policies that barred women - that is, women who had not been surgically sterilised - working in jobs that might expose foetuses to toxins. This text analyses these policies and the ambiguous responses to them. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; KCF; KNXB; KNXC; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299145446
- ISBN
- 9780299145446
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Condition: New
€ 21.66
€ 21.66
Hardcover. A substantial number of American children experience poverty, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty. This book tackles the problem of evaluating these programs by examining them using a common metric: their impact on earnings in adulthood. Editor(s): Levine, Phillip B.; Zimmerman, David J. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 464 pages, 19 line drawings, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475813
- ISBN
- 9780226475813
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Condition: New
€ 150.34
€ 150.34
Hardcover. Examining linked employer-employee data across countries, this book analyzes labor trends and their institutional background in the United States and eight European countries. It is suitable for economists and those working in industrial organizations. Editor(s): Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Comparative Labor Markets S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 119 line drawings, 111 tables. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470504
- ISBN
- 9780226470504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.10
€ 188.10
Hardcover. Many countries have social security systems that are financially unsustainable. This title offers a comparative analysis from twelve countries and examines the issue of age in the labor force. It also analyzes the relationship between incentives to retire and the proportion of older persons in the workforce. Editor(s): Gruber, Jonathan; Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 376 pages, 161 line drawings, 63 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309484
- ISBN
- 9780226309484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.62
€ 166.62
Hardcover. Examines a variety of important trends related to labor in the new economy, including inequality of earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace safety and health. This book also addresses a host of measurement issues. Editor(s): Abraham, Katharine G.; Harper, Michael; Spletzer, James R. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth. Num Pages: 568 pages, 174 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCD; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001432
- ISBN
- 9780226001432
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Condition: New
€ 167.68
€ 167.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199739
- ISBN
- 9788790199739
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Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.92
€ 7.99
€ 7.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobs, Frederick; Harvey, Luther. Num Pages: 113 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KJV; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619423220
- ISBN
- 9781619423220
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Condition: New
€ 73.40€ 51.76
€ 73.40
€ 51.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Axley, Leonard E. Num Pages: 106 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606928394
- ISBN
- 9781606928394
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Condition: New
€ 100.63€ 69.78
€ 100.63
€ 69.78