Using data from the 1 per cent and 2 per cent Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the 1991 British Census, identifies several changes in the UK labour market including: a distinctive, new category of integrated occupations, employing men and women equally in highly qualifi…
Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why has the overall degree of sex segregation remained stable in this century? What informa…
Reviews the development and implementation of new information technologies in several clerical occupations and sectors, in order to identify its positive and negative consquences for women's employment. Considers the likely size, incidence, nature, and timing of these effects, a…
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and widely-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men? Or do they already do more than their share of…
This book presents a comprehensive view of the economic approach to the analysis of technical change.
This report addresses a number of issues that have surfaced in the debates over the impact of technological change on employment. These issues include the effects of technological change on levels of employment and unemployment within the economy; on the displacement of workers …
Monograph on the theoretical aspects of employment, with particular reference to unemployment and full employment - covers the effect of demand for consumer goods and consumption patterns, the implications of changes in investment and saving, profits, wages, prices, monetary pol…
"A group of multidisciplinary and international researchers and scholars deliver their summary and analysis of current research and their views on how gender and work intersect along a variety of societal, economic, interpersonal, and organizational paradigms."--Jacket.
"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 pe…
Examines how information technologies are affecting jobs, skills, wages, and the economy. As one of the most important forces in the economy today, digital technologies are transforming the world of work and are key drivers of productivity and growth.
"Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodifie…
Provides a comprehensive assessment of national trends in inequalities in 30 European countries.
Provides a comprehensive assessment of national trends in inequalities in 30 European countries.
Examines the challenges to private sector growth in 12 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, assessing comparative performance against a number of indicators and focusing on the special role of SMEs and entrepreneurial activity. Highlights the variation among countries…
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professional…
