Labour economics
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Labour economics
Hardcover. This book explores the ways that women combine motherhood with paid work in contemporary Ireland and the consequences for individual women, families, childminders and Irish society. This book demonstrates the difficulties women encounter when trying to satisfy working and mothering lives which are governed by quite different values. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051244
- ISBN
- 9781782051244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. Helps readers to master complex organisational skills, deal with a large workload and cope with the demands of deadlines. This book explains what dyslexic and dyspraxic difficulties are; describes how they affect workplace efficiency; and, offers strategies to manage dyslexic difficulties and reduce their adverse effect on work efficiency. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; MMZL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091907082
- ISBN
- 9780091907082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138698826
- ISBN
- 9781138698826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; KCF; KCY; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 111. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985480
- ISBN
- 9780141985480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Hardback. Translator(s): Fowler, Edward. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443756
- ISBN
- 9780801443756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.26
€ 30.26
Hardback. Globalization, the economic crisis and related policies of austerity have led to a growth in extreme exploitation at work, with migrants particularly vulnerable. This book explores the lives of the growing numbers of severely exploited labourers in the world today, questioning how we can respond to such globalized patterns of extreme inequality. Editor(s): Lewis, Hannah; Skrivankova, Klara; Waite, Louise; Craig, Gary. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460400
- ISBN
- 9781137460400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.45
€ 133.45
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most vibrant local food economies in the country, the Hudson Valley that supplies New York restaurants and farmers markets. This title explores the historical roots of farmworkers' predicaments and examines the ethnic shift from Black to Latino workers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276697
- ISBN
- 9780520276697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
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
Hardback. For the first time, this book provides the global history of labor in Central Eurasia, Russia, Europe, and the Indian Ocean between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries. It contests common views on free and unfree labor, and compares the latter to many Western countries where wage conditions resembled those of domestic servants. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS; KCF; KCY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382508
- ISBN
- 9781782382508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.95
€ 158.95
Hardback. Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234671
- ISBN
- 9780812234671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.58
€ 69.58
Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278127
- ISBN
- 9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.30
€ 32.99
€ 24.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Sunkara, Bhaskar; Principe, Catarina. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JPVH; JPW; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465934
- ISBN
- 9781608465934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this work shows how aspects of job quality are related, and how changes in the quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. This book concludes by discussing what individuals, firms, unions, and governments can do to counter declining job quality. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134413
- ISBN
- 9780691134413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.92€ 45.40
€ 57.92
€ 45.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vision
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNW0010481
- ISBN
- 9781905745098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The new edition of this title evaluates the range of employee share schemes available, looking at their processes, the statutory and regulatory requirements, HMRC's interpretation of share scheme issues and most importantly the tax benefits associated with the various schemes. Num Pages: 730 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCF; LNHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Tolley
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754553649
- ISBN
- 9780754553649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.79
€ 162.79
Hardback. Shows analytically and quantitatively that rigid wages are important for explaining the volatile behavior of the unemployment rate in business cycles. This book focuses on the labor wedge that arises when the marginal rate of substitution between consumption and leisure does not equal the marginal product of labor. Series: Crei Lectures in Macroeconomics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140223
- ISBN
- 9780691140223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.40€ 63.98
€ 83.40
€ 63.98
Paperback. Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a rich, detailed account of young people's experiences of participation and non-participation on the margins of education and employment, highlighting the policy implications of this research. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335937
- ISBN
- 9781137335937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality presents a new and definitive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. Bringing together the world's top scholars, this comprehensive and authoritative volume contains an impressive array of original research on topics in economic inequality. Editor(s): Salverda, Wiemer; Nolan, Brian; Smeeding, Timothy M. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Economics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 78 figures, 60 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606061
- ISBN
- 9780199606061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.95
€ 54.95
Paperback. The term "living wage" is often confused with "minimum wage" and in its implementation it has lacked a consistent meaning despite being widely used as a campaigning slogan. This short introduction explains exactly what it is and assesses whether it is an effective measure for raising living standards. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; KCF; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Agenda Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911116462
- ISBN
- 9781911116462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.04
€ 45.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 81 line illus. 81 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Twentieth-Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169125
- ISBN
- 9780691169125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.25
€ 32.99
€ 24.25
Paperback. Equal opportunity in the workplace is thought to be the direct legacy of the civil rights and feminist movements and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This book reveals how the personnel profession devised - and transformed - our understanding of discrimination. Num Pages: 360 pages, 54 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KJMV2; KJWB; KJWX; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149950
- ISBN
- 9780691149950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 292 pages, 11, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; KCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495298
- ISBN
- 9780801495298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Analyzes labor markets from the real-world perspective: employers have significant market (or monopsony) power over their workers. Arguing that this power derives from frictions in the labor market that make it time-consuming and costly for workers to change jobs, this book re-examines much of labor economics based on this assumption. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 line illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123288
- ISBN
- 9780691123288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.72
€ 94.72
Paperback. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486555
- ISBN
- 9780801486555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.66
€ 44.99
€ 39.66