scholars in economics, environmental studies, demography, history, and sociology as well as the general reader interested in …This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia … -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the …

scholars in economics, environmental studies, demography, history, and sociology as well as the general reader interested in …This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia … -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the …

labor. It promotes the vitality and growth of labor unions through a shared responsibility with management for growth and … manufacturing, provides a brief history of manufacturing, and even reveals the dark side of Toyota’s system that opens another …

unanticipated wave of immigration can be integrated within the local labor market without any significant long-term adverse economic …

so many secretaries of labor, Democratic and Republican, been gathered under one roof. The Massachusetts Institute of … state of collective bargaining, labor law, and the economy as seen by a panel of high-ranking corporate and union officials …

economic powers has doubled the supply of labor to the integrated world economy. Economic theory suggests that such a dramatic … increase in the supply of labor without an accompanying increase in the supply of capital is likely to exert downward pressure … outsourcing of labor and the shifting of jobs to lower-wage countries affect the U.S. economy and what, if any, policy responses …

American dream of good jobs, fair pay, and opportunities for all. In this call to action for families, business, labor, and … highly as they do investors of financial capital, and we need a renewed labor movement to give workers a stronger voice …. Kochan lays out an agenda for working families in the twenty-first century that calls for business, labor, government, and …

. It also presents many applications in all areas of economics, especially labor economics, industrial organization, and …

income. Ghilarducci describes the history of pension funds and the involvement of unions in bargaining. She takes up the …

proposed by social scientists from such disciplines as developmental psychology, sociology, and economics. Beenstock also …