Labour economics
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Labour economics
Hardback. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide a public good; if MFIs create and deepen markets where none existed before, there may be a case for public support. This book is based on a study of 45 MFIs, and applies factor analysis and cluster analysis to show that MFIs form clusters in terms of social and financial performance. Editor(s): Balkenhol, Bernd. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547025
- ISBN
- 9780230547025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; JFFN; JFSL1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450173
- ISBN
- 9781137450173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.95
€ 111.95
Paperback. The phenomenal growth of the countries of the Persian Gulf over the last two decades has been made possible through the labour of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers of all stripes and backgrounds from all over the world. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi disciplinary examination of the causes and consequences of this process. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFFN; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042109
- ISBN
- 9781849042109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.85
€ 35.99
€ 32.85
Hardcover. A study of migrant workers in Japan. It reveals how migrants enter, what difficulties they face, what their living, working and housing conditions are. It focuses on the protection of their human rights. There is also information on the situation of migrant workers according to labour sectors. Translator(s): Wilkinson, Jens. Series: Japanese Studies. Num Pages: 305 pages, tables, charts, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFN; JHBL; JPVH1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KCD0012570
- ISBN
- 9780710304995
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.86
€ 6.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Xu, Qingwen; Jordan, Lucy P. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; KCF; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634852722
- ISBN
- 9781634852722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.32€ 175.96
€ 236.32
€ 175.96
Paperback. A study which examines the economic rationale for migration and its effect on agricultural development. It features case studies of rural-to-rural migration in 10 countries, making a comparative assessment of forced and spontaneous migration. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCF; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349118328
- ISBN
- 9781349118328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.79
€ 47.79
Hardback. This text examines racial and ethnic discrimination in the labour markets and workplaces of western Europe. Contributors set out the experience and implications of this exclusion for two main groups: the established second and third generations of post war migrant descent, and the "new" migrants. Editor(s): Wrench, John; Rea, Andrea; Ouali, Nouria. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682791
- ISBN
- 9780333682791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Hardcover. Exploring recent contemporary debates on gender and migration, this book scrutinizes the relationship between women's work in ethnic economies and social integration, arguing that women in Britain zigzag their way to social integration. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371119
- ISBN
- 9781137371119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Culture plays a central role in our understanding of migration as an economic phenomenon. This title emphasises on the distinctions in culture between migrants, the families they left behind, and the local population in the migration destination. Editor(s): Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira. Series Editor(s): Beladi, Hamin; Choi, Eun Kwan. Series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. Num Pages: 757 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; KCF; KCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 757
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857241535
- ISBN
- 9780857241535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.79
€ 166.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Luciani, Giacomo. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401048507
- ISBN
- 9789401048507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.69
€ 121.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441948830
- ISBN
- 9781441948830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. Focuses on the issues of migration, welfare and unemployment in a trade and development framework. This book contains chapters that analyze the implications of internal labor mobility in a model designed to highlight its implications for regional welfare, urban unemployment, rural-urban dichotomy and structural adjustment. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373100
- ISBN
- 9780792373100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPQB; KCF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869738
- ISBN
- 9780902869738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.15
€ 15.99
€ 15.15
Hardcover. Drawing on data from across Europe and the US, this book comparatively analyzes the current state of minimum income protection policies and explores the prospects for their improvement. Editor(s): Marx, Ive; Nelson, Kenneth. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 360 pages, 55 figures, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348134
- ISBN
- 9780230348134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.08
€ 134.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403934987
- ISBN
- 9781403934987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia ...
Van Klaveren, Maarten; Gregory, Denis; Schult...
Paperback. This book offers a labour perspective on wage-setting institutions, collective bargaining and economic development. Sixteen country chapters, eight on Asia and eight on Europe, focus in particular on the role and effectiveness of minimum wages in the context of national trends in income inequality, economic development, and social security. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL; KCM; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349506309
- ISBN
- 9781349506309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia ...
Van Klaveren, Maarten, Gregory, Denis, Schult...
Hardcover. This book offers a labour perspective on wage-setting institutions, collective bargaining and economic development. Sixteen country chapters, eight on Asia and eight on Europe, focus in particular on the role and effectiveness of minimum wages in the context of national trends in income inequality, economic development, and social security. Editor(s): Van Klaveren, Maarten; Gregory, Denis; Schulten, Thorsten. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 black & white tables, 57 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512406
- ISBN
- 9781137512406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Haywood, Vivian. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: JPQ; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634821223
- ISBN
- 9781634821223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.98€ 142.08
€ 189.98
€ 142.08
Paperback. This book presents new essays that illuminate how gender identities and inequality have been constructed historically and sustained in what could be hailed as the first truly global enterprise and arguably the most 'masculine' of industries - mining. Editor(s): Mercier, Laurie; Gier, Jaclyn J. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621046
- ISBN
- 9780230621046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Fratianni, Professor Michele. Series: European and Transatlantic Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, 36 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642637896
- ISBN
- 9783642637896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. Unemployment has been somewhat neglected within the world of economics in recent years. However, even within the EU, several regions still suffer from worrying levels of people out of work. This book explores the subject of unemployment in detail, analyzing past successes and failures in the area, and offering lessons and proposals for the future. Editor(s): Arestis, Philip; McCombie, John. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202467
- ISBN
- 9780230202467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.37
€ 122.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Andriessen, J. H. Erik; Vartiainen, Matti (Technical University of Helsinki, Finland). Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: J; KCF; KJU; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 623.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642066566
- ISBN
- 9783642066566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.91
€ 186.91
Paperback. One of the biggest challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century is the large scale cross-border movement of people. This book explores: sovereignty; security issues and border-management strategies of major states, in the face of intensified transnational economic and social processes; and the expanding global governance regime. Editor(s): Kaur, A.; Metcalfe, I. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCA; KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541430
- ISBN
- 9781349541430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kaur, Amarjit; Metcalfe, Ian. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFN; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403987457
- ISBN
- 9781403987457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28