Labour economics
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Labour economics
Paperback. Provides an analysis of labour market outcomes and explores how diverse these outcomes are and how they have changed over time. This book looks at how changes in labour market outcomes are related to the demographic characteristics of minority groups. It investigates the occupational attainment and earnings of ethnic minority groups in employment. Num Pages: 76 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 214 x 6. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349590
- ISBN
- 9781861349590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.68
€ 24.99
€ 24.68
Hardcover. There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that jobless recoveries could become a permanent feature of Western economies. Series: Work & Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670270
- ISBN
- 9780745670270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
The Aging Workforce. Realities, Myths, and Implications for Organizati...
Hedge, Jerry W.; Borman, Walter C.; Lammlein,...
Hardback. Examines the changing demographics of the workforce, and their impact on the world of work. This work provides a perspective on what we know about issues related to the older worker, thus providing a foundation for confronting the challenges facing the workforce of the future. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591473190
- ISBN
- 9781591473190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
€ 29.99
€ 26.83
Hardcover. Explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which are poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. Editor(s): Yeandle, Sue. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420541
- ISBN
- 9781847420541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.30
€ 100.30
Paperback. Highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labour conditions. Editor(s): Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda; Guevarra, Anna Romina; Toro-Morn, Maura I.; Chang, Grace. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079115
- ISBN
- 9780252079115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859351550
- ISBN
- 9781859351550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.34
€ 21.34
paperback. This report explores the possibilities of more flexible forms of work that bridge the gap between a steady career job and retirement. It examines such jobs in the wider context of the types of transition that are being made by people leaving work early. Series: Transitions After 50 Series. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344755
- ISBN
- 9781861344755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.61
€ 24.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Szell, Gyorgy; Bosling, Carl-Heinrich; Hartkemeyer, Johannes; Ehlert, Wiking; Sunker, Professor Heinz. Series: Arbeit - Technik - Organisation - Soziales / Work - Technology - Organization - Society. Num Pages: 560 pages, fig. and tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 212 x 35. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Peter Lang GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783631508657
- ISBN
- 9783631508657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
hardcover. What constitutes a need? Who gets to decide what people do or do not need? The author traces the history of this concept, revealing the intersections between technologies of measurement, such as calorimeters and social surveys, and technologies of wages and welfare, such as minimum wages, poor aid, and welfare programs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226251561
- ISBN
- 9780226251561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.57
€ 49.99
€ 38.57
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801489501
- ISBN
- 9780801489501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.90
€ 46.99
€ 41.90
Paperback. Presenting examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women, this ethnography challenges the idea that women have fared worse than men in Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to a market economy. It also highlights how, prior to 1989, the communist planners sought to create full employment for them and steered women into the service sector. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 316 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336624
- ISBN
- 9780822336624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
paperback. Against a background of population ageing, policy makers in the majority of industrialised countries are developing policies aimed at extending working life and promoting the benefits of employing older workers. This report reviews developments in several countries and offers recommendations for public policy. Series: Transitions After 50 Series. Num Pages: 56 pages, 9tabs. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861344632
- ISBN
- 9781861344632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.70
€ 24.99
€ 24.70
paperback. This text provides an overview of types of home-based work, arguing that homeworking replicates wider divisions in the labour force. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages, the pay and conditions, and the family situations for women homeworkers. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803988743
- ISBN
- 9780803988743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic classic of the work in a British motor components factory. Recording the experience of migrant women from Ireland, the Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent with the immediacy of a diary, this title provides an account of the daily routines of repetitive work, and the temporalities of work, home, children and leisure. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFK; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415476423
- ISBN
- 9780415476423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
hardcover. This text provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU") project, supported by an EU research programme. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; JHBL; KCF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994994
- ISBN
- 9780851994994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.29
€ 112.29
Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720632
- ISBN
- 9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.25
€ 154.25
This multidisciplinary, comprehensive assessment of the state of aging and work addresses a wide range of topics relevant to academic researchers and practitioners, government and industry leaders, and workers and managers in the public and private sectors. Editor(s): Czaja, Sara J.; Sharit, Joseph. Num Pages: 456 pages, 46, 3 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892738
- ISBN
- 9780801892738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.79
€ 84.79
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810861961
- ISBN
- 9780810861961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.04
€ 225.04
Hardcover. What are the true consequences of the Employee Free Choice Act? Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817949419
- ISBN
- 9780817949419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.73
€ 32.73
Paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458463
- ISBN
- 9780853458463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.10
€ 18.10