[eng] Economies and Sociology. . This paper explores the potential of sociology to fill certain gaps in economic theory. It examines in particular its capacity to explain: 1) the institutional supports required to make a competitive market work; and, 2) the limits of the assumption of rational...

This paper explores the potential of sociology to fill certain gaps in economic theory. It examines in particular its capacity to explain: 1) the institutional supports required to make a competitive market work; and, 2) the limits of the assumption of rational choice behavior. The dominant...

En este ensayo se explica muy bien lo que se está convirtiendo en una bibliografía extensa y complicada. Gran parte de ella se basa en modelos de equilibrio general computable. Estos modelos son tan complejos que a menudo resulta difícil entender lo que en realidad produce los efectos que...

The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...

This paper was originally prepared for the New School celebration of Duncan Foley's career. It attempts to place his work in the context of the evolution of economics as a discipline and of the MIT Economics Department in the last forty years, and in particular the place of Marx and Keynes as...

[fre] Dualism in the labor maeket :. A response to uncertainty and flux.. The case of France. . This paper develops an argument about dualism in the French Labour Market. It is a condensed version of a more protracted argument about the origins and nature of duality in industriel economics built...

This report addresses the organization, nature, and prospects for labor law enforcement in Central America and the Dominican Republic. It draws a distinction between the Anglo-American approach to enforcement, which is rooted in deterrence and punishment, and the Latin alternative, which is...