Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)

Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)
Author: D Sapsford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135045593
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First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the structure of the UK labour market at the time, and proceeds to explain and elaborate the tools of theoretical analysis. These are then applied in subsequent chapters to a variety of issues, including the economic analysis of trade unions, collective bargaining and the effects of unions, unemployment, wage inflation and the inequality of pay. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on the economic theory of the labour market and the role of empirical work in testing its predictions, and wherever available, evidence from studies of the UK labour markets is cited.

Working Time and Employment (Routledge Revivals)

Working Time and Employment (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Bob Hart
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2010-07-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113692177X
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First published in 1987, this Routledge Revival reissues the first systematic and integrated analysis of working time and employment, reaching to the core elements of a vital area of labour economics. It offers both a comprehensive analysis of the impact of workweek reductions on employment and hours as well as a thorough coverage of part-time employment, temporary lay-offs, short-time working, labour subsidies, social security funding, mandatory and early retirement and collective bargaining. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt to examine carefully the key economic issues involved in the general policy debate on working time and employment. This reissue will be of serious interest to advanced undergraduates, post-graduates and researchers in labour economics, and will also be relevant to those interested in labour microeconomics, macroeconomics, business economics and management studies.

The Economics of Non-Wage Labour Costs (Routledge Revivals)

The Economics of Non-Wage Labour Costs (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Bob Hart
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2010-07-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136921699
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Throughout the OECD, 30% of the average firm’s total labour costs comprises items which are other than direct remuneration. This reissue, first published in 1984, focuses upon these non-wage labour costs, which include; fringe-benefit payments, obligatory social-welfare contributions, holiday entitlements and expenditures on recruitment and training, seeking to make amends for the woeful lack of consideration given to these important factors in previous wage literature. The book focuses on two major areas of enquiry: firstly, the costs for the cyclical behaviour of employment, and secondly, the role of average working hours per employee in the firm’s overall allocation of labour services. The author begins with an empirical survey and costs breakdown, followed by extensive data on Japan, the UK, the USA and West Germany. The ensuing analysis considers the question as to why firms incur the various non-wages, and a comparative static factor demand model is constructed, which accommodates the major cost items.

Women and Recession (Routledge Revivals)

Women and Recession (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Jill Rubery
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113683804X
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Originally published in 1988, this book compiles a collection of works investigating the impact of recession on women's employment. The authors argue that the most important explanation of differences in women's experience between the countries is the form of labour market regulation and organisation. They point out that current changes in these forms of regulation, and not displacement of female labour, pose the main threat to any gains that women have made in the labour market in the post- World War II period.

Labour Market Economics

Labour Market Economics
Author: David Sapsford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2013
Genre: Labor economics
ISBN:
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The Economics of Unemployment

The Economics of Unemployment
Author: John Atkinson Hobson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1924
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:
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Small Business and Society (Routledge Revivals)

Small Business and Society (Routledge Revivals)
Author: David Goss
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-06-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317506294
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When this book was first published in 1991, political ideology had thrust small-firm issues to the forefront of attempts to revitalize the British economy. In the Thatcher years the emphasis had been on individual enterprise and initiative with the number of small firms increasing rapidly. This was reflected in the growth in the number of specialist studies analysis small-firm revivalism. Small Business and Society clarifies the issues and debates that surround the small business and its place in society. In particular, the complex nature of its social role is examined: on the one hand, the entrepreneur can be seen as the innovator exploiting free-market capitalism to strengthen the economy; on the other, employment conditions and industrial relations are said to suffer. Moreover, the growing importance of ‘green’ issues now brings into question the extent to which the small firm benefits the environment. This book will be of interest to students of business and sociology.

The Economics of the Industrial Revolution

The Economics of the Industrial Revolution
Author: Joel Mokyr
Publisher: Government Institutes
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1985
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780865981546
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In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have addressed many perplexing questions about the Industrial Revolution in all its aspects. Understandably, economics has become the focal point for these efforts as professional economists have sought to resolve some of the controversies surrounding this topic. This collection contains ten of the best articles written by economists on the subject of the Industrial Revolution ... Among the questions discussed are the causes for the pre-eminence of Britain, the roles of the inputs for growth (capital, labor, technical progress), the importance of demand factors, the relation between agricultural progress and the Industrial Revolution, and the standard of living debate. The essays demonstrate that the application of fresh viewpoints to the literature has given us a considerable new body of data at our disposal, making it possible to test commonly held hypotheses. In addition, this new data has enabled economists to apply a more rigorous logic to the thinking about the Industrial Revolution, thus sharpening many issues heretofore blurred by slipshod methodology and internal inconsistencies.-- Back cover.

A Perspective of Wages and Prices (Routledge Revivals)

A Perspective of Wages and Prices (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Henry Phelps Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136310207
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First published in book form in 1981, this collection of essays originally written between 1955 and 1966 contains ground-breaking research and analysis on the study of wages and prices across seven centuries, with particular reference to builder’s wage rates and the price of a bundle of the commodities on which these wages might be spent. These seminal contributions to the economics of labour and economic growth did much to fuel the debate surrounding the problems of inflation, stability and changes in the purchasing power of money upon the book’s initial publication. These concerns are every bit as relevant in today’s post credit-crunch society and this reissue will be welcomed by all students of economic history and labour economics.