Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Factory Girls Factory Girls Leslie T. Chang An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.China has 130 million migrant workers--the largest migra… OL11892758W
Work and Pay in Japan Work and Pay in Japan Robert A Hart This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions and practices with respect to employment issues and labour payments. It contains extensive discussion of the effects… OL15183726W
Outsourcing America Outsourcing America Ron Hira Publisher description: Outsourcing America reveals how much outsourcing is taking place, what its impact is and will be, and what can be done about the loss of jobs. The book shows how outsourcing is… OL16028792W
Women and employment Women and employment Heather Joshi,Shirley Dex,Jacqueline L. Scott How is women's employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities? This title, written by leading experts in the field, examines 25 years of change in women's employment and addresses the chal… OL16947183W
Patterns of economic change by state and area Patterns of economic change by state and area Mary Meghan Ryan "This publication presents data on personal income, employment, and gross domestic product for the United States as a whole, and also by region, state, and metropolitan statistical area (MSA). In add… OL17879579W
Down and out in the new economy Down and out in the new economy Ilana Gershon Finding a job used to be simple. You'd show up at an office and ask for an application. A friend would mention a job in their department. Or you'd see an ad in a newspaper and send in your cover lett… OL20058246W
Stories employers tell Stories employers tell Philip I. Moss,Chris Tilly "Is the United States justified in seeing itself as a meritocracy, where stark inequalities in pay and employment reflect differences in skills, education, and effort? Or does racial discrimination s… OL20545002W
Working in America Working in America Paul Osterman,Thomas A. Kochan,Michael J. Piore,Richard M. Locke "The American labor market faces many deep-rooted problems, including persistence of a large low-wage sector, worsening inequality in earnings, employees' lack of voice in the workplace, and the need… OL20545133W
Skill and occupational change Skill and occupational change Rose, Michael,Jill Rubery,Roger Penn In this major new book leading sociologists, economists, and social psychologists present their highly original research into changes in jobs in Britain in the 1980s. Combining large-scale sample sur… OL20982919W
OSH in figures OSH in figures Marthe Verjans,Veronique De Broeck,Lieven Eeckelaert Includes statistics. OL24176835W
Lifelong learning Lifelong learning Lorenz Lassnigg "The research presented in this volume evaluates and demonstrates the potential of the TLM framework for better understanding the multifaceted relationships between education and employment, and to w… OL27272530W
The Economics of the Trade Union The Economics of the Trade Union Alison L. Booth This book analyses the crucial features of unionised labour markets. The models in the book refer to labour contracts between unions and management, but the method of analysis is also applicable to n… OL3962328W