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Elgar Encyclopedia of Labour Studies
This authoritative Elgar Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of central concepts in labour studies, and how they can be used to analyse labour markets. Examining regional and sectoral labour markets alongside the internal labour markets of firms, it clearly lays out the current state of social scientific knowledge on labour.
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This authoritative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of central concepts in labour studies, and how they can be used to analyse labour markets. Examining regional and sectoral labour markets alongside the internal labour markets of firms, it clearly lays out the current state of social scientific knowledge on labour.
Combining theoretical and empirical insights, leading scholars map the latest developments in labour economics, focusing on micro-level data and applied studies. Entries explore the definition, background, and history of key concepts in labour studies, including regional and sectoral labour markets, labour policy, different forms of labour, labour market discrimination, and the decisions facing firms concerning labour. Highlighting the most important aspects of the topics covered, this Encyclopedia gives expert insight into the steadily growing research and public policy debate on labour issues.
The Encyclopedia of Labour Studies will be an invaluable resource for academics and students of labour economics and policy, employment relations, social policy, business, and management. It will also be a useful guide for policy practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of how labour markets function.
Key Features:
・58 extensive entries
・Accessible explanations of key social scientific terms
・Provides clear thematic grouping of entries using Journal of Economic Literature classification code
Combining theoretical and empirical insights, leading scholars map the latest developments in labour economics, focusing on micro-level data and applied studies. Entries explore the definition, background, and history of key concepts in labour studies, including regional and sectoral labour markets, labour policy, different forms of labour, labour market discrimination, and the decisions facing firms concerning labour. Highlighting the most important aspects of the topics covered, this Encyclopedia gives expert insight into the steadily growing research and public policy debate on labour issues.
The Encyclopedia of Labour Studies will be an invaluable resource for academics and students of labour economics and policy, employment relations, social policy, business, and management. It will also be a useful guide for policy practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of how labour markets function.
Key Features:
・58 extensive entries
・Accessible explanations of key social scientific terms
・Provides clear thematic grouping of entries using Journal of Economic Literature classification code
Critical Acclaim
‘This Encyclopedia will be very useful for all those who want to understand the key issues, findings, and gaps in virtually all major topics in labour economics and related areas. Each one of its nearly 60 entries, all written by international experts in the subjects, provide succinct and focused presentations and thus very useful stepping stones into a particular theme in labour studies.’
– Pedro Martins, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
‘This Encyclopedia presents a broad selection of what labor studies has to offer, combining basic theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications of more than 50 topics. Entries are presented in an accessible manner, making this suitable for ambitious students and others who want to catch up on topics in the field.’
– Maria Stanfors, Lund University, Sweden
'This brand new Encyclopedia edited by Tor Eriksson offers tremendous insights into labor economics, as well as essential issues of employment relations and human resource management.’
– Christian Grund, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
‘This book includes a set of thorough surveys by leading researchers in each field. The reader can catch up to the frontier of the topic in the quickest way possible. As a researcher studying the labor market of Japan, I found the chapter on this issue particularly useful.’
– Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
– Pedro Martins, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
‘This Encyclopedia presents a broad selection of what labor studies has to offer, combining basic theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications of more than 50 topics. Entries are presented in an accessible manner, making this suitable for ambitious students and others who want to catch up on topics in the field.’
– Maria Stanfors, Lund University, Sweden
'This brand new Encyclopedia edited by Tor Eriksson offers tremendous insights into labor economics, as well as essential issues of employment relations and human resource management.’
– Christian Grund, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
‘This book includes a set of thorough surveys by leading researchers in each field. The reader can catch up to the frontier of the topic in the quickest way possible. As a researcher studying the labor market of Japan, I found the chapter on this issue particularly useful.’
– Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Contributors
Contributors include: Davit Adunts, Ali Ahmed, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Erling Barth, Pieter Bevelander, Jo Blanden, Uwe Blien, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Michael Bognanno, István Boza, Alex Bryson, Franz Buscha, René Böheim, Diane Charlton, Gary Charness, Martin J. Conyon, Michael Cooper, Monica Costa Dias, Jed DeVaro, Matthew Dickson, Peter Dolton, Nick Drydakis, Dominik H. Enste, Tor Eriksson, Anders Forslund, John Forth, Anders Frederiksen, Michael J. Gibbs, Francis Green, Andries de Grip, Holger Görg, Mats Hammarstedt, Robert A. Hart, Wolter Hassink, John S. Heywood, Boris Hirsch, Pekka Ilmakunnas, Elke J. Jahn, Uwe Jirjahn, Ryo Kambayashi, Takao Kato, John Kennan, Morris Kleiner, Sarosh C. Kuruvilla, Patrick Lehnert, Claudio Lucifora, Dominique Meurs, Jaime Ortega, Jan C. van Ours, Hideo Owan, Lia Pacelli, Saumik Paul, Gerard A. Pfann, Mariola Pytlikova, J. Lucas Reddinger, Kathryn L. Shaw, Robert Simmons, Alexandra Spitz-Oener, Leslie S. Stratton, Paulino Maria Freitas Teixeira, Ioannis Theodissou, Roope Uusitalo, Juuso Vanhala, Marie Claire Villeval
