"This book presents an analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening the working week, and flexible work practices. From the broad perspective of social economics, time at work is determined within a complex web of evolvi…
An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
This book is about labor income share, which measures the share of national income paid in wages. The global share of income going towards labor is declining, which suggests a more unequal distribution of income. This has sparked debates about fair distribution of personal incom…
This book is about labor income share, which measures the share of national income paid in wages. The global share of income going towards labor is declining, which suggests a more unequal distribution of income. This has sparked debates about fair distribution of personal incom…
With reference to Assam, India.
This thesis extends the existing literature on the response of labour markets to different types of economic shocks. First, we examine the effects of sector-specific fluctuations in job separation and job finding rates on the overall unemployment, sectoral allocation of labour a…
" La administración de sueldos, salarios, y prestaciones, es un elemento estratégico en la función de recursos humanos, pues el éxito de un sistema de compensación se basa en establecer un equilibrio entre los conceptos que lo integran. Esta obra permitirá al estudioso de la mat…
The first chapter looks at the effects of delaying marriage on individual's wage in the labor market. Delaying marriage is a key feature of demographic transition in most countries. Thus, many economists and sociologists have given this trend much attention. While many theories …
By almost any measure, globalization has increased tremendously over the last few decades. World trade of goods and services, and financial flows have risen, while costs of transportation, communication and information, and tariffs have fallen. In conjunction with the growth of …
This dissertation is a collection of three papers in public choice. The first paper offers a dynamic model to explain the rationale behind "populist" policies. The effects of uncertainty about future policies, costly redistribution, and implicit tax limits are evaluated. I show …
This dissertation attempts two related tasks. It studies the effect of schooling costs on educational attainment. Then, given endogenous schooling, it uses measures of such costs to identify the causal effect of schooling on labor market outcomes. The particular outcome studied …
This dissertation explores the effects of foreign ownership on labor markets in developing economies, focusing on the wage differentials observed between multinational and local firms. The first chapter conjectures that the premiums to employment in establishments with foreign d…