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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - 2008
Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299
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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007
1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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Obesity, business, and public policy
Ács, Zoltán J. (contributor); Lyles, Alan (contributor);  … - 2007
pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419969
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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
Storrie, Donald W. (contributor);  … - 2003
employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies … in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850977
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Labour markets, gender and institutional change : essays in honour of Günther Schmid
Schmid, Günther; Mosley, Hugh; O'Reilly, Jacqueline; … - 2002
The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851163
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The handbook of service industries
Bryson, J. R. (contributor); Daniels, P. W. (contributor) - 2007
Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851497
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Trade, jobs and wages
Hoon, Hian Teck - 2000
analyses how employment levels and real wages are affected by international trade. Popular trade theory disregards the impact … of free trade on the rate of unemployment, since it assumes full employment at the outset. By focusing on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851537
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Economic liberalization, distribution, and poverty : Latin America in the 1990s
Taylor, Lance (contributor); Vos, Rob (contributor);  … - 2002
Barros and Rob Vos -- 3. Argentina : macroeconomic behaviour, employment and income distribution in the 1990s / Roberto … Henrique Corseuil -- 5. Chile : trade liberalization, employment and inequality / José de Gregorio ... [et al.] -- 6 Colombia …-of-payments liberalization, remittances, employment and poverty / Alexander Segovia and Jeannette Larde -- 9. Mexico : trade liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852091
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors … discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment that countries might expect to be created following the introduction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125