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1	Globalization and Its Discontents more books like this by Dr. Saskia Sassen, Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah (Foreword by) add to wishlist Is globalization killing off the nation state? Columbia University Professor of Urban Planning Saskia Sassen elucidates the opaque dealings that both weaken and strengthen the national idea. What emerges from Sassen's review is a portrait of a radical global concentration of resources and might--with a diminishment of accountability. see all copies from $3.16! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Econometric Analysis of Count Data more books like this by Rainer Winkelmann add to wishlist The book provides graduate students and researchers with an up-to-date survey of statistical and econometric techniques for the analysis of count data, with a focus on conditional distribution models. Proper count data probability models allow for rich inferences, both with respect to the stochastic count process that generated the data, and with ... see all copies from $80.00! new only from $80.00! \| SVS
3	Migration, Mobility and Modernization more books like this by David Siddle (Editor) add to wishlist Gives fresh insights into the processes of movement of European populations, which reveal much more complex circulatory behaviour than the standard models derived from census and registration sources alone have suggested. see all copies from $12.59! new only from $19.95!
4	Routes to the Executive Suite more books like this by Eugene E Jennings add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
5	Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles more books like this by Chad Berry add to wishlist One of the largest internal migrations in U.S. history, the great white migration left its mark on virtually every family in every southern upland and flatland town. In this extraordinary record of ordinary lives, dozens of white southern migrants describe their experiences in the northern 'wilderness' and their irradicable attachments to family ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $82.50!
6	Labor Migration Under Capitalism: The Puerto Rican Experience more books like this by Centro De Estudios P History Task Force add to wishlist see all copies from $4.87! first editions
7	Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization more books like this by A Aneesh add to wishlist Workers in India program software applications, transcribe medical dictation online, chase credit card debtors, and sell mobile phones, diet pills, and mortgages for companies based in other countries around the world. While their skills and labour migrate abroad, these workers remain Indian citizens, living and working in India. A. Aneesh calls ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $17.94!
8	Work, Mobility, and Participation: A Comparative Study of American and Japanese Industry more books like this by Robert E Cole add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Global "Body Shopping": An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry more books like this by Biao Xiang add to wishlist How can America's information technology (IT) industry predict serious labor shortages while at the same time laying off tens of thousands of employees annually? The answer is the industry's flexible labor management system - a flexibility widely regarded as the modus operandi of global capitalism today. "Global "Body Shopping"" explores how ... see all copies from $15.30! new only from $21.95!
10	Moving Up or Moving on: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market? more books like this by Fredrik Andersson, Harry J Holzer, Julia I Lane add to wishlist Offers a compelling argument about how low-wage workers can achieve upward mobility, and how public policy can facilitate the process. see all copies from $12.09! new only from $13.02! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Mismatch and Labour Mobility more books like this by Fiorella Padoa Schioppa (Editor), La Sapienza and the Libra Universita Internazionale Degli St (Editor) add to wishlist High and persistent unemployment was experienced by most developed countries during the 1980s and inflationary pressures emerged at rates of unemployment far higher than those experienced in the 1960s and 1970s. This suggests that there was an increase in the natural rate of unemployment. Many researchers have sought to explain this development in ... see all copies from $48.82! new only from $48.82! \| first editions \| SVS
12	European Migration: What Do We Know? more books like this by Klaus F Zimmermann (Editor) add to wishlist Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic ... see all copies from $43.00! new only from $126.84! \| SVS
13 view cover	Voluntary Employee Withdrawal and Inattendance more books like this by Dr. Meni Koslowsky (Editor), Moshe Krausz (Editor) add to wishlist Regardless of the job market situation, there is always a certain level of voluntary employee withdrawal - lateness, absence, avoidance of work, undue socializing - that affects the well being of the organization. This volume explores the various manifestations of employee withdrawal, how they may be assessed, and identifies relevant antecedents ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Migration: The Controversies and the Evidence more books like this by Riccardo Faini (Editor), Klaus F Zimmermann (Editor), Jaime De Melo (Editor) add to wishlist This volume takes a critical look at the current divide over immigration policies. It hopes to shed new light on the debate by bringing together papers that investigate the link between trade and factor mobility, particularly labour migration, from theoretical and empirical perspectives. It examines the substitutability between trade and migration ... see all copies from $28.81! new only from $117.87!
15 view cover	Skilled Immigration Today: Prospects, Problems, and Policies more books like this by Jagdish Bhagwati (Editor), Gordon H Hanson (Editor) add to wishlist Skilled immigration into rich countries and competition for talent and professional skills are of major concern among nations today. Comprehensive immigration reform addressed to illegal immigration predictably foundered in Congress last year. This revived the question of skilled immigration and was hastily added to the proposed reform agenda in ... see all copies from $41.58! new only from $41.58! \| SVS
16 view cover	Divergent Paths: Economic Mobility in the New American Labor Market more books like this by Annette D Bernhardt (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $14.84! new only from $28.70!
17 view cover	The Flow Analysis of Labour Markets more books like this by Ronald Schettkat (Editor) add to wishlist Well-functioning labour markets are a precondition for economic development. In order to function smoothly the market needs to be able to adjust effectively and quickly to new developments. An understanding and analysis of adjustment processes within labour markets is therefore essential for economic theory and policy proposals. This study ... see all copies from $120.00! new only from $204.04! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer more books like this by Dirk Fornahl add to wishlist The purpose of this volume is to analyze the micro foundations of knowledge spillovers. The microeconomic analysis of spillovers leads to the insight that the spillover and flow of knowledge is not at all automatic. Instead, this volume suggests that a filter exists between knowledge and its economic application. The focus of this volume is on ... see all copies from $61.17! new only from $65.33! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Labour Mobility and Rural Society more books like this by Arjan de Haan, Dr. Ben Rogaly add to wishlist Comprising seven edited pieces of detailed empirical work drawn from recent research, this title reveals the dynamics behind the movements of poor people in South and South East Asia and Africa. see all copies from $29.95! new only from $29.95!
20 view cover	Employment Hazards: An Investigation of Market Performance more books like this by W Kip Viscusi add to wishlist Several of the issues considered in this volume, such as compensating wage differentials and determinants of quit behavior, has received considerable a amount of attention since the time of the completion of this dissertation. see all copies from $5.84! new only from $31.50!
21 view cover	Governing International Labour Migration: Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas more books like this by Christina Gabriel (Editor), Helene Pellerin (Editor) add to wishlist This book offers a critical examination of the way in which the nature and governance of international labour migration is changing within a globalizing environment. It examines how labour mobility and the governance of labour migration are changing by exploring the links between political economy and differentiated forms of labour migration. ... see all copies from $109.46! new only from $109.46!
22 view cover	Gender, Migration and the Dual-Career Household: Invisible Migrants more books like this by Irene Hardill, Hardill Irene add to wishlist Do careers today demand more spatial mobility? How are two careers accommodated and managed within one household? What issues of gender are related to dual career households and migration? This book explores the gender issues associated with international migration in dual career households. Adopting a feminist approach, the author links research ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $135.30! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison more books like this by Edward P Lazear (Editor), Kathryn L Shaw (Editor) add to wishlist The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists. The first effort to examine linked employer-employee data across ... see all copies from $88.55! new only from $116.00!
24	Flexibility, Mobility, and the Labour Market more books like this by George S Callaghan add to wishlist A case study is used to argue that the macro labour market consists of non-competitive work groups with marked differences between groups suggesting separate work cultures. These differences present a barrier to simplistic free market policies of deregulation and labour market flexibility. In addition it is argued that these differences illustrate ... see all copies from $85.69! new only from $85.69!
25 view cover	The Minimum Wages, Low Pay and Unemployment more books like this by Applied Econometrics Association, Daniele E Meulders (Editor), Robert Plasman (Editor) add to wishlist Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy. The essays in this book, focusing on European countries, provide new empirical evidence regarding the impact of minimum wages on employment, earnings mobility among low-paid workers, job satisfaction across the earnings distribution, unemployment traps, the demand for low-skilled workers ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $25.00!

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