Labor economics is an applied field of micro and macro theory and has become a critical part of the core of analytical economics. This work focuses on the labor economics, and also presents traditional topics such as labor law, structure of unions, and collective bargaining, which play an important role in labor markets.

This book presents a systematic and original approach to the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the capitalist world-economy at a global level.

Discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognizing the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets.

This text analyzes the management of human resources covering the period from 1949 to the present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. The study examines these developments in the north-eastern cities, China's industrial heartland.

As capitalism develops and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labour are being reorganized, with major implications for the distribution of power in society. This work deals with this relatively neglected issue in both practice and theory.

Provides conceptual frameworks as well as practical advice on working in the exciting and challenging environments found in the dynamic and diverse continent of Asia. This work identifies and describes the Colonial Paradigm and how it affects the perceptions of Western expatriates.

Brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. This book intends to serve as an introduction to what has been done in this field, and indicates possible future trends in both spheres of public and private decision-making.

This book presents a systematic and original approach to the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the capitalist world-economy at a global level.

Provides a basis for better policy: showing how the lessons learned from experience and theory can be applied to reduce the waste and misery of unemployment. This book integrates macroeconomics with micro-analysis of the labour market. It shows how unemployment and inflation are affected by systems of wage bargaining and unemployment insurance.

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Describes how social and sexual disparities between men and women are the result of economics. This book argues that the position of women as the property of men and their inability to earn in proportion to the amount of work they do, tend to the differences between men as 'providers' and 'competitors' and women as 'helpless' and 'unproductive'.

With chapters written by some of the most important names in the field, Skilled Immigration Today provides a systematic look at the phenomenon of skilled immigration, its prospects, its possibilities, and resulting problems.