Labour Economics

This book discusses the key elements of labour market reform, contrasting a country where reforms have been successfully carried through, Australia, with one where reforms have been less successful, Japan. The book demonstrates what the key elements of labour market reform are, and explores the key ..

This study of the strategic, policy and operational characteristics of Land Value Taxation is a unique and original contribution to Elston knowledge. The implications of this work will be critical in terms of informing policy makers when contemplating reviews of existing Land Value Taxation systems ..

In recent years, Mediterranean agriculture has experienced important transformations which have led to new forms of labour and production, and in particular to a surge in the recruitment of migrant labour. This book brings together international contributors from across several disciplines to presen..

New Policies for the Part-time and Contingent Workforce..

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of Palestinian labour flows to Israel. It highlights the interdependence between Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land and the use of Palestinian labour, showing how migration has been the result of evolving dynamics of Isr..

Showing how cities and regions can invest in their long-term prosperity by expanding opportunities, this illustrated book documents the challenges and opportunities involved in workforce development, and shows effective approaches for resolving contemporary problems, what traps to avoid, and strateg..

Showing how cities and regions can invest in their long-term prosperity by expanding opportunities, this illustrated book documents the challenges and opportunities involved in workforce development, and shows effective approaches for resolving contemporary problems, what traps to avoid, and strateg..

In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden...

This volume compares the planning of economic conditions under the very different political systems of Soviet Russia, Fascist Germany and Italy and Democratic America, with some discussion of partial economic planning in Great Britain...

This collection examines the problems faced by refugees and recent migrants in accessing employment as well as the policy frameworks that address the labour market rights of refugees and economic migrants...

This collection examines the problems faced by refugees and recent migrants in accessing employment as well as the policy frameworks that address the labour market rights of refugees and economic migrants...

First published in 1988, this book sets out to reinterpret the changing place of working-class association in capitalist Britain. It argues that in combination, co-operation and association constitutes labour’s power — what is has to work with and who to work for — yet social historians have tended ..