"Korean Skilled Workers is the first book to systematically examine the sociopolitical trajectory of South Korea's skilled workers in heavy and chemical industries (HCI). Following the commencement of the Park Chung Hee regime's HCI project in 1972, the Great Workers' Struggle of 1987, and...

Maine : the Detroit of Paper -- Maine : A Rags to Riches Story -- The Paradoxes of Paper Mill Employment : Skill, Stress, and Paternalism at S.D. Warren Company -- The Fall of Mother Warren and the Turn in Maine Paper Industry Labor Relations -- Madawaska Rebellion : "French Power" and the 1971...

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A life in the storm -- The early life of Thomas Hodgskin -- Utilitarian (and useful) friendships -- A journalistic career -- An Essay on Naval Discipline -- 2. Thomas...

This paper investigates the relationship between growing import penetration and manufacturing employment growth in 12 OECD countries between 1995 and 2011, accounting for various model specifications, different measures of import penetration and alternate estimation strategies. The application...