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This book presents and discusses political and economic issues in the Baltic region. Topics discussed include labour market developments in the Baltic States; consequences of access to social capital; social protection systems and labour market policies;...

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has declared the U.S. economy to be in recession since December 2007. In response to high unemployment, some members of Congress proposed job creation bills, following several policy steps taken since the...

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labour force, which includes both the unemployed and those with jobs (all those willing and able to work for pay). In practice, measuring the number of unemployed...

What does psychology have to do with affirmative action? In the author's opinion, questioning the relevance of psychology to an issue such as affirmative action is, unfortunately, not an uncommon query, even among many people within the field of...

Downsizing of AmericaBook InformationISBN 9781560724315Author Ronald AylingFormat HardbackPage Count 179Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551640167Author Hassan GardeziFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 249g

Recent developments in the organization of work and production have facilitated the decline of wage employment in many regions of the world. However, the idea of the wage continues to dominate the political imaginations of governments, researchers and...

Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the 'why' and 'how' of youth...

Stitching the 24-Hour City reveals the intense speed of garment production and everyday life in Dongdaemun, a lively market in Seoul, South Korea. Once the site of uprisings against oppressive working conditions in the 1970s and 80s, Dongdaemun has now...

"This book outlines the major problems in corporate voluntary regulation of labor standards in global supply chains, and shows the progress such regulation has made thus far in improving the lives of workers in the global supply chain. It then...

Francois Ewald's landmark The Birth of Solidarity-first published in French in 1986, revised in 1996, with the revised edition appearing here in English for the first time-is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of...

This volume contains essays by or about Jacob Mincer who is a founding father of modern empirical labor economics. This personal collection not only examines Mincer's research, it also assesses the impact of his work on the careers of several important...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349181087Author Angela M. BoweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 429g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349168163Author Ukandi G. DamachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 419g

This book contains a unique set of pieces which examine the plight of Hispanics in today's workforce. A diverse set of scholars share their perspectives and insight on extant research to create the definitive collection of readings on Hispanic Workforce...

This book analyses the regulations and outcomes of labor markets. Chapter One studies the minimum wage effects on selectivity and job specialisation by using a matching model in which agents are horizontally differentiated and where the nature of jobs is...

Many congressional policy makers have maintained an ongoing interest in the adequacy of the number of U.S. scientists and engineers required to address the needs of U.S. employers, to spur economic growth and job creation through innovation, to maintain...

The Federal Government operates a merit-based hiring system. The key purpose of the system is to identify, attract, and hire the candidates who can best meet the needs of the organisation and support the public's interests. Not only is this good public...

Flexicurity is a European labour market policy adopted in 2007 within the European Employment Strategy. This policy aims at combining the ongoing flexibilisation of employment relations with the traditions of the European welfare state. This book...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides workers with minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labour protections. The FLSA covers most, but not all, private and public sector employees. In addition, certain employers and employees are exempt from...

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers drive our nation's innovation and competitiveness by generating new ideas, new companies and new industries. However, U.S. businesses frequently voice concerns over the supply and...

This book explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labour that could result from substantial changes in U.S. immigration laws or policies. Hired labour is an important input to U.S...

This book discusses the equity versus efficiency approach emphasising the importance of incentives that would predict a positive relationship between inequality and economic growth. This view was challenged in the 1990s by the incomplete markets and...

The recession that began in the United States in December 2007 has been one of the deepest and longest since World War II. One feature that distinguishes the recent recession from its post-war predecessors is the historically high percentage of...

The unemployment rate has greatly increased since the onset of the recession in December 2007, when it measured 5.0%. The rate peaked at 10.1% in October 2009, four months after the recession's official end. Almost two years into the economic recovery,...

Offshoring, also known as offshore outsourcing, is the term now being used to describe a practice among companies located in the United States of contracting with businesses beyond U.S. borders to perform services that would otherwise have been provided...

Flexicurity is a European labour market policy adopted in 2007 within the European Employment Strategy. This policy aims at combining the ongoing flexibilisation of employment relations with the traditions of the European welfare state. This book...

This book examines a wide range of evidence about the long-term growth of employment from the countries around the world, including industrialised, developing and formerly Communist economies. The empirical investigation distinguishes between normal and...

This book aims to throw light upon the main changes in the Baltic states' labour markets, laying emphasis on the labour market flexibility, flexicurity and employment issues in the context of the EU eastward enlargement. The European labour markets of...

South Africa is celebrating its first decade of democratic freedom. It therefore seems appropriate to examine in more detail how South Africa has tried to restore some of the many social injustices caused by the former apartheid regime. This book offers...

This work covers all major areas which have had a destructive impact against America's business/manufacturing job market. Strategy and techniques are clearly described, indentified and detailed for rebuilding America's full time permanent job market.Book...

In the coming period it will be essential for Ukraine, which currently has to face a combination of massive economic decline, hyperinflation and growing open as well as hidden unemployment, to give a very high priority to the substantial reform of labour...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833016522Author Paul P LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 399g

Nanotechnology safety is the practice of handling engineered nanomaterials in production and manufacturing. Good practice consists of understanding and interpreting Material Safety Data Sheets, behaving safely when working with yet unknown nanomaterials,...

The International Labour Office is the moving force behind the adoption of the Labour Force Survey in Western countries as the only reliable means of gathering information about trends in employment and unemployment, and on pay. The countries of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636714059Author Mary RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 612Imprint Bernan PressPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Today’s economics offers us a far too narrow perspective on the role that paid work plays in our lives, as individuals and as a society. This book examines the urgent workplace challenges we’re facing today, from automation to AI and climate change,...

Henry George (1839-1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century. His best-selling Progress and Poverty (1879) captures the ravages of privileged monopolies and the...

This book explores the representation of women and their interests in the world of work across four trade unions in France and the UK. Drawing on case studies of the careers of 100 activists and a longitudinal study of the trade unions' struggle for...

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses. This cheerful message hides a reality of digital surveillance, aggressive anti-union tactics and disciplinary layoffs. Amazon's warehouses are the new...