"Beginning in the 18th century, a turning point in labour history as work encountered an industrialising modernity, this book explores how different forms of work have been valued up to the present day. Focusing on the cultural, intellectual, social and political implications of wages, the...

Disaggregation of the labor market: The Balkanization of labor markets. Labor markets: their character and consequences. Effect of environment and administration on job evaluation.--The limits of union power over wages: Labor's income share and the labor movement. The impacts of unions on the...

'Fat cat' pay / Shaun Tyson -- Shareholders' attitude to directors' pay / Paul Norris -- Accountability, transparency and performance : comparing annual report disclosures on CEO pay across Europe / Sébastien Point -- Director performance standards and rewards in France / Frank Bournois and...

Coercion and Wage Labour presents novel histories of people who experienced physical, social, political or cultural compulsion in the course of paid work. Broad in scope, the chapters examine diverse areas of work including textile production, war industries, civil service and domestic labour,...

Pay and European integration / David Marsden and Jean-Jacques Silvestre -- The internal market and relocation strategies / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead -- European economic integration from the standpoint of Spanish labour market problems / Jos(c)♭ Luis Malo de Molina and Pilar Garc(c)Ưa Perea --...