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Austen, Siobhan - 2003

Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour...

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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy

Nahuis, Richard - 2003

During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...

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Explaining the gender wage gap : the missing aspects of discrimination

Sielska, Alicja - 2023

"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining...

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Making and breaking gender inequalities in work

Rönnmar, Mia (ed.); Hayter, Susan (ed.) - 2024

"This timely book expertly analyses the persistence of gender inequalities in work. Despite the progress made through frameworks regulating work and employment relations, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated gender divides in labour markets. The authors present innovative ways to...

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A modern guide to sports economics

Koning, Ruud Hans (ed.); Kesenne, Stefan (ed.) - 2021

"This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can...

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Research handbook of employment relations in sport

Barry, Michael (contributor); Skinner, James (contributor); … - 2016

and Stephen Moston -- 14. The evolution of anti-doping policy: workplace implications for athletes / James Skinner, Terry … and uncertainty of outcome: a simple comparison of recent history in the NBA and NFL / Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach …

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Sports through the lens of economic history

Pomfret, Richard W. T. (contributor); … - 2016

1. Sports economics and the sports industry: perspectives in economic history / John K. Wilson -- 2. The evolution of professional team sports / Richard Pomfret -- 3. The very short tenure of foreign players in Japanese professional baseball, 1951-2004 / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner La Croix -- 4....

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Recent developments in the economics of sport

Andreff, Wladimir - 2011

Harm Male Athletes?, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May, 307-311. -- Andreff M., W. Andreff and S … Management Quarterly, 6 (1), 23-34. -- Dilger A., B. Frick and F. Tolsdorf (2007), Are Athletes Doped? Some Theoretical Arguments … Economics, 6 (2), 119-143. -- Groothuis P.A. and R. Hill (2004), Exit Discrimination in the NBA: A Duration Analysis of Career …

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The political economy of professional sport

Bourg, Jean-François - 2010

This timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional sport and defines alternative foundations to the present model. The authors demonstrate that professional sport is an extremely complex...

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Handbook on the economics of sport

Szymanski, Stefan (contributor); … - 2006

This comprehensive Handbook provides a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics written by almost all of the active researchers in this field. It offers not only an accessible insight into the major findings of the literature but also presents some of the world's principal...

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