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Public Enterprise Revisited
Chrisafis H. Iordanoglou
The book compares the 1954–79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public secto...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Economics of the Apprenticeship System]()
The Economics of the Apprenticeship System
Wendy Smits, Thorsten Stromback
Well-written and well-researched, this book succeeds in achieving a perfect blend of theory, evidence, and history. It will appeal to scholars in the fields of labour economics and human resource management, as well as those in private a... -
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Taxation, Welfare and the Crisis of Unemployment in Europe
Edited by Marco Buti, Paolo Sestito, Hans Wijkander
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 tra...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Income Distribution
Edited by Michael Sattinger
With increasing interest in the distribution of income generated by movements towards more inequality, this three-volume set presents an essential collection of previously published articles by leading scholars, which provide a key to un... -
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Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour
Edited by Pier Luigi Porta, Roberto Scazzieri, Andrew Skinner
This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The vol...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Trade, Jobs and Wages
Hian Teck Hoon
The world’s increasing integration through trade and the persistence of high unemployment in Europe, and other areas of the world, highlight the need to understand the implications of free trade for unemployment. Trade, Jobs and Wages an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Unemployment
Edited by P. N. Junankar
This comprehensive four-volume collection of previously published papers sets out to examine the most important issues in the study of unemployment; its causes, consequences and policies designed to tackle the problem. -
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Workers Without Traditional Employment
John Mangan
Workers Without Traditional Employment aims to provide a comprehensive and global analysis of the significant changes in employment relationships that have occurred over the last two decades. The author discusses the incidence, causes, ... -
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Policy Measures for Low-Wage Employment in Europe
Edited by Wiemer Salverda, Claudio Lucifora, Brian Nolan
Policy Measures for Low-Wage Employment in Europe is a focused and up-to-date set of studies highlighting several important new findings. The book considers in-depth policy measures in the areas of taxation, benefits and employer subsid... -
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Employment Relations and National Culture
Ferrie Pot
Ferrie Pot analyses the impact of national culture on the way the employment relationship is organized using case studies from the United States and the Netherlands. Evidence from these countries suggests that nations respond to globali...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Overeducated Worker?
Edited by Lex Borghans, Andries de Grip
This argument challenges the policy of many developed countries to attach ever greater importance to knowledge as a means to increase international competitiveness. The authors in this book provide insights into the role of education in ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Working Time
François Contensou, Radu Vranceanu
The contemporary context of unemployment and its political ramifications have made working time a highly topical and sensitive issue, not merely in the EU, but also in other areas of the global labor market.
