This volume provides a unified framework for the analysis of short- and medium-run macroeconomics. It develops a core New Keynesian macro model based on imperfect competition and nominal rigidities and shows how this compares with alternatives.
This volume provides a unified framework for the analysis of short- and medium-run macroeconomics. It develops a core New Keynesian macro model based on imperfect competition and nominal rigidities and shows how this compares with alternatives.
"David Card and Alan B. Krueger have already made national news with their pathbreaking research on the minimum wage. Here they present a powerful new challenge to the conventional view that higher minimum wages reduce jobs for low-wage workers. In a work that has important impl…
"David Card and Alan B. Krueger have already made national news with their pathbreaking research on the minimum wage. Here they present a powerful new challenge to the conventional view that higher minimum wages reduce jobs for low-wage workers. In a work that has important impl…
Onderzoek naar de positie van Chinese vrouwen van de elfde tot de negentiende eeuw aan de hand van drie verschillende aspecten : het Chinese huis, waarin de vrouwen opgesloten zaten, de zijdeproductie die ook in huis werd verricht en het grootbrengen van kinderen. Aandacht voor …
On the activities of Self Employed Women's Association, Ahmedabad, India.
In de introductie op de stand van zaken binnen vrouwenstudies en de vrouwenbeweging in Rusland, de Oekraïne en andere ex-Sovjetstaten wordt met name ingegaan op vrouwengeschiedenis en de invloed van nationalisme op de vrouwenbeweging. In het eerste deel komt een aantal historisc…
"Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countri…
The contributors to this book investigate what impact the recent recession has had on women's employment focusing on the changing patterns of women's employment in relation to changes in industrial organization and labour markets.
"In No Shame in My Game, anthropologist Katherine Newman presents a view of inner-city poverty radically different from that commonly accepted. The all-too-prevalent picture we get of the poor today - in the media, in the political sphere, and in scholarly studies - is of aliena…