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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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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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Regional economies as knowledge laboratories
Piccaluga, Andrea (contributor); Cooke, Philip (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 Joseph (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, John R. (contributor); Daniels, Peter 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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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 … Frenkel and Martín González Rozada -- 4. Brazil : economic opening and income distribution / Ricardo Paes de Barros and Carlos … Henrique Corseuil -- 5. Chile : trade liberalization, employment and inequality / José de Gregorio ... [et al.] -- 6 Colombia …
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
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Towards a competitive, sustainable modern city
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.) - 2020
them today: sustainability and competitiveness. Focusing on major cities in East Asia, North America, and Western Europe … those who are focusing on the importance of sustainability in both areas. Its stimulating, yet accessible, approach to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416717
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Beyond uneconomic growth : economics, equity and the ecological predicament
Farley, Joshua C. (contributor); Malghan, Deepak (contributor) - 2016
science of sustainability / Robert Goodland -- 3. Toward a sustainable and desirable future: a 35 year collaboration with … 'full' world / Philip Lawn -- 9. Hicksian income, welfare, and the steady state / Salah El Serafy -- Part IV Changing the … social and ecological cohesion. Guided by a clear moral vision that prioritizes sustainability and justice over profit, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419863