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The American labour market: How it has changed and what to do about it.

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Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States Drawing on the findings of a project that examined data from France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States, this work argues that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs.

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This study focuses on the job evaluation procedures used in the federal government to evaluate all white-collar non-supervisory occupations. Female-dominated jobs, it is discovered, were rated lower on all factors used in the federal government's job evaluation system.

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In 1950's high income region, the West, the transport cost element in the price of manufactured goods shrank because of (1) transportation improvements and (2) rapid manufacturing growth, which reduced the need for long distance imports from the Manufacturing Belt.

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Ed Gordon marshals a vast amount of data to illustrate how various trends are converging to create a labor vacuumwith potentially disastrous consequences for economic competitiveness and individual opportunity.

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A history of the Army's activities in the field of industrial labor problems.

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India has the largest number of non-schoolgoing working children in the world. Why has the government not removed them from the labor force and required that they attend school To answer this question, this comparative study looks at why and when other states have intervened to protect children against parents and employers.

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This comprehensive and detailed analysis of the factors that determine who is in the labor force in the United States is equally interesting for the light it sheds on what people are not working or seeking work-and why they are not. The effects on labor force participation rates of both individual characteristics (e.g. age, marital status, color, e

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The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa.

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This study explores whether maternal employment leads to emotional maladjustment of children and disruption of traditional marriage patterns.

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Advanced students and researchers in the field of labor economics, labor history, and the sociology of labor markets will appreciate Korver's unique approach to the history of the American labor market.

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This study examines the assertion that the growth of unionism since the 1930s has been associated with an increase in the relative income share of labor.

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This book explores growth and structural change in the labor force that accompany economic development. It reports on labor force characteristics in one hundred countries around the world, a project of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Based on a world-wide compilation of labor force and population statistics of censu

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This study examines the labor markets of the United States and Germany, developing a framework for the analysis of labor market dynamics based upon the dynamic flow analysis, instead of the conventional labor stock data.

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Power on hold examines the course of the labour movement in Lebanon since independence in 1943, giving specific attention to the role of state incorporation in the preservation of the sectarian-liberal system.

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Power on hold examines the course of the labour movement in Lebanon since independence in 1943, giving specific attention to the role of state incorporation in the preservation of the sectarian-liberal system.

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This work analyzes how the minimum wage has been differentially applied to the restaurant industry due to the labor intensive nature of the industry.

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This unbiased look at the minimum wage debate in America traces the history of minimum wage policy at both the federal and state levels, discusses the controversies swirling around the issue, and examines the veracity of claims made by people on both sides of the debate.

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Shows how computers are changing the employment landscape and how the right kinds of education can ease the transition to the new job market. This book tells stories of people at work - a high-end financial advisor, a customer service representative, a pair of successful chefs, a cardiologist, and an automotive mechanic.

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How organisations can benefit by investing in older workers This book tackles related issues head on, taking into account both the organisation's or manager's point of view, and the older employee's point of view. It is useful to those concerned with the profound changes in our workforce and its effects on young and old alike.