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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 … society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI and trade liberalization -- 7. Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability
Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011
The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and its ability to transform enterprise and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850612
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Global exchange and poverty : trade, investment and migration
Squire, Lyn (contributor); Lucas, Robert E. B. (contributor) - 2010
(OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851848
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Regional economies as knowledge laboratories
Piccaluga, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2004
Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850693
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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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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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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
-of-payments liberalization, remittances, employment and poverty / Alexander Segovia and Jeannette Larde -- 9. Mexico : trade liberalization …1. Balance of payments liberalization in Latin America : effects on growth, distribution and poverty / Lance Taylor and … Rob Vos -- 2. Labour market adjustment, poverty and inequality during liberalization / Enrique Ganuza, Ricardo Paes de …
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