Sysselsättning & arbetslöshet

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governmentsand why we cant see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a dictatorship. Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they areprivat...

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A classic since its original publication, Women Have Always Worked brought much-needed insight into the ways work has shaped female lives and sensibilities. Beginning in the colonial era, Alice Kessler-Harris looks at the public and private work s...

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Varför står så många människor utanför den svenska arbetsmarknaden? Det är en flitigt debatterad och högaktuell fråga. Två grupper som utpekas som särskilt problematiska i dessa sammanhang är ungdomar och nyanlända invandrare. 2006 års rapport frå...

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Oil fuels the global economy and remains a staple of our energy system. Yet, its production and use continue to draw negative criticism, and an increasing number of people want to reduce or eliminate its use altogether. Profits and Power sheds lig...

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In the modern globalized world of work, societys capitalist and patriarchal norms perpetuate old and create new differences based on gender, class, ethnicity, age, and other social categorizations. This book proposes a novel conceptual framework o...

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Getting Welfare to Work traces the development of the Australia, UK, and Dutch employment services systems.

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This provocative collection of essays presents a powerful critique of contemporary discourse that portrays work - paid employment - as a moral imperative, essential for our health and well-being. The contributors describe the mental health impact ...

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This book focuses on the modeling of the transitions in and out of unemployment, given the stochastic processes that break up jobs and lead to the formation of new jobs, and on the implications of this approach for macroeconomic equilibrium and fo...

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This volume provides readers with a straightforward presentation of the major laws and regulations concerning employment discrimination. It is useful for readers at all levels. The text contains a wealth of supplemental material, such as laws, cou...

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This volume provides readers with a straightforward and understandable presentation of the major laws and regulations concerning employment discrimination. It is meant to be useful for readers at all levels: from those new to employment discrimina...

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This volume provides readers with a straightforward and understandable presentation of the major laws and regulations concerning employment discrimination. It is meant to be useful for readers at all levels: from those new to employment discrimina...

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Dial just about any toll-free number and chances are you'll be talking to a Filipino. In fact, around the year 2005, the country overtook India as the world's "voice capital." Lives on the Line argues that this has nothing to do with wages or acce...

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Dial just about any toll-free number and chances are you'll be talking to a Filipino. In fact, around the year 2005, the country overtook India as the world's "voice capital." Lives on the Line argues that this has nothing to do with wages or acce...

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The call center industry is booming in the Philippines. Around the year 2005, the country overtook India as the world's "e;voice capital,"e; and industry revenues are now the second largest contributor to national GDP. In Lives on the Line...

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The call center industry is booming in the Philippines. Around the year 2005, the country overtook India as the world's "e;voice capital,"e; and industry revenues are now the second largest contributor to national GDP. In Lives on the Line...

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In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung demonstrate that the human capital story is one of a failed revolution that requires an alternative approach to education, jobs, and income inequalities. Rather than aba...

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In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung demonstrate that the human capital story is one of a failed revolution that requires an alternative approach to education, jobs, and income inequalities. Rather than aba...

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Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capit...

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Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capit...

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Donald Trump's 2016 victory shocked the world, but his appeals to the economic discontent of the white working class should not be so surprising, as stagnant wages for the many have been matched with skyrocketing incomes for the few. Though Trump ...

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Donald Trump's 2016 victory shocked the world, but his appeals to the economic discontent of the white working class should not be so surprising, as stagnant wages for the many have been matched with skyrocketing incomes for the few. Though Trump ...

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Youth, Jobs and the Future: Problems and Prospects features original essays by well-known sociologists, economists, educators, and labor leaders that investigate the multiple structural and cultural dimensions of youth unemployment and worsening s...

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Youth, Jobs and the Future: Problems and Prospects features original essays by well-known sociologists, economists, educators, and labor leaders that investigate the multiple structural and cultural dimensions of youth unemployment and worsening s...

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While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three times as high for those aged 20 to 24. Rates of unemployment and underemployment are nearly two to ...

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While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three times as high for those aged 20 to 24. Rates of unemployment and underemployment are nearly two to ...

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Diminishing Returns at Work focuses on working hours - in the past and in the present, in America and in Britain. John Pencavel illustrates the proportional relationship between hours of work and outcomes such as production and health. Increases i...

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The relationship between the number of hours worked and productivity has long fascinated economists and management. It is a central component of the production function that translates inputs to outputs. While increasing the number of hours someon...

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The relationship between the number of hours worked and productivity has long fascinated economists and management. It is a central component of the production function that translates inputs to outputs. While increasing the number of hours someon...

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Getting Welfare to Work traces the radical reform of the Australian, UK, and Dutch public employment services systems. Starting with major changes from 1998, this book examines how each national system has moved from traditional public services to...

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The expansion of Higher Education has been one of the most important changes to affect Western labour markets. More than a third of all British workers are now degree holders. The graduate labour market is often understood as that part of the labo...

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