When government imposes new taxes, rules, or regulations, it creates outcomes that often differ from the original intent. In some cases, these outcomes are so severe that they render the policy a failure. The law of unintended consequences has taken on an increasing importance d…
Examines the interrelationship between labour market performance and the tax and social security systems through the development of a general equilibrium model called MIMIC (Micro Macro model to analyse the Institutional Context). Simulations cover the period 1987 to 2017.
"This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors' strategies in the field of minimum wage policies. It asks which strategies and motives, namely free collective bargaini…
"This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors' strategies in the field of minimum wage policies. It asks which strategies and motives, namely free collective bargaini…
"This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors' strategies in the field of minimum wage policies. It asks which strategies and motives, namely free collective bargaini…
by Ewing, K. D., (Keith D.), McColgan, Aileen, Collins, Hugh
Provides an examination of the law relating to employment, industrial relations, and labour market regulation in the law of the United Kingdom, including relevant dimensions of EC law and policy. Comprises selected extracts from cases, statutes, reports, official statistics, and…
Papers presented at a conference held at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1 and 2, 1979. Includes bibliographies.
A college-educated young professional details the grueling realities of hourly labor for the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce while outlining strategies for more humane employment practices. "After the local newspaper where she worked as a reporter closed, Emil…
A college-educated young professional details the grueling realities of hourly labor for the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce while outlining strategies for more humane employment practices.
A college-educated young professional details the grueling realities of hourly labor for the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce while outlining strategies for more humane employment practices.
A college-educated young professional details the grueling realities of hourly labor for the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce while outlining strategies for more humane employment practices.
A college-educated young professional details the grueling realities of hourly labor for the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce while outlining strategies for more humane employment practices. "After the local newspaper where she worked as a reporter closed, Emil…
Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job -- any job -- could be the ticket to a better life. But how…
The author's account of working minimum-wage jobs across the country, as a means of undercover reporting on the working poor in America.
