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This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.
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Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction …
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Research by economists and economic historians has greatly expanded our knowledge of labor markets and real wages in … the understanding of the history of wages and labor markets in the antebellum economy. …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: A Review -- 3. New …
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Contains twelve papers contributing fresh research to important issues concerning worker welfare. This title offers answers to a number of policy related questions such as: Why are jobs designed the way they are? Does seniority-based pay provide a sufficient motivation for workers? What policies...
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The Global Wage Report analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends … and relative purchasing power globally and by region. The 2014/15 edition examines the link between wages and inequality …
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Major trends in wages -- 1 Growth of average … wages -- 1.1 Global estimates -- 1.2 Regional estimates -- 1.3 Average wages and productivity -- 2 The wage share -- 2 … trends: Increasing incidence of low pay -- 3.2 Characteristics of low-paid workers -- Part II Wages policies in times of …
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Official View and Its Shortcomings -- 1. The Official Story -- 2. Have Boards Been Bargaining at Arm's Length? -- 3. Shareholders' Limited Power to Intervene -- 4. The Limits of Market Forces -- Part II. Power and Pay -- 5. The...
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Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 1. The 'stylized fact' of cyclical wages -- 1.1. The belief in counter …-cyclical real wages -- 2. Theory, facts and falsification -- 2.1. Falsification and the methodological responses -- 2 ….2. Real and product wages -- 2.3. Marginal user cost -- 2.4. Shape of cost curves -- 2.5. Mark-up -- 3. Methods -- 3.1. Wage …
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An analysis of the causal link between the rise in gold prices and the increase in wages and consumer buying power in …
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