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Handbook of Labor Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3C
  • November 18, 1999
  • Orley Ashenfelter + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 0 1 8 9 - 9
A guide to the continually evolving field of labour economics. This volume concentrates on the following topics: interactions between the labour market and the macroeconomy; and policy issues within the labour market.

Estimator's Piping Man-Hour Manual

  • 5th Edition
  • May 24, 1999
  • John S. Page
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 8 4 1 5 - 2 5 9 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 6 0 0 - 5
This reference provides reliable piping estimating data including installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation used in monitoring various process systems. This new edition has been expanded and updated to include installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation, which is used in monitoring various process systems.

Estimator's Equipment Installation Man-Hour Manual

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 24, 1999
  • John S. Page
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 8 4 1 5 - 2 8 7 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 5 9 7 - 8
This new edition is expanded to include 26 new man-hour tables on compressors, dryers, dampers, filters, coolers, and heaters. This manual eliminates guesswork and enables you to produce fast, accurate equipment installation labor estimates.

Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 207
  • April 12, 1992
  • P.R. de Jong + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 4 8 6 - 5
One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health economics, medical sociology and econometric technique, the authors are able to reveal the intricate causalities that underlie the disability process.

Getting Computer Jobs Abroad

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 1991
  • Michael Powell
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 6 1 2 - 0
Getting Computer Jobs Abroad provides guidelines for DP personnel contemplating on working overseas on contract or as permanent staff, gives information about job opportunities, and covers work opportunities for partners, and other matters that could affect their decisions. The book begins by giving an overview of the changing world situation and continues by providing a country by country analysis of the main countries in which job opportunities exist for DP staff- or in which computer staff would like to find opportunities. The next six chapters cover information about job opportunities (i.e. whether languages are required, work permits, cost of living, taxation, housing, transport, etc.) in Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Africa, Far East and Australasia, and North America. The pressures on one’s partner, looking after the welfare of the children, and finally making the decision are also considered. The last three chapters tackle working with agencies, dealing with moving and accommodation, and US taxation of overseas earnings. The book concludes by providing sample questionnaire for embassies, embassy addresses, European computing services associations, comparative pay figures, and a list of agencies. The text book will be invaluable to people who plan to work abroad.

The Changing Distribution of Income in an Open U.S. Economy

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 223
  • November 12, 1990
  • J.H. Bergstrand + 3 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 6 2 6 - 5
There have been dramatic changes in the distribution of earnings and income in the United States during recent years. This volume presents original papers, contributed by eminent economists, on the measurement and causes of growing income inequality in the U.S. and other major industrialized countries. The first part examines the definition of income, decomposition of earnings into capacity and capacity utilization rates, and alternative methodologies for estimating income and earnings dispersion. The second part investigates theoretically or empirically alternative causes of income inequality: international trade, macroeconomic conditions and policies, technological progress, productivity growth, institutions, demographic labor supply, and sectoral labor demand. In the final part of the volume policy implications and recommendations are discussed.The volume will be valuable for academic departments (economics, political science, sociology); economic policy institutes and Federal Reserve Bank research departments; economists in government.

Handbook of Labor Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • February 1, 1987
  • Orley Ashenfelter + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 8 7 8 5 6 - 4
The Handbook brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. It serves as an introduction to what has been done in this field, while at the same time indicating possible future trends which will be important in both spheres of public and private decision-making.Part I is concerned with the classic topics of labor supply and demand, the size and nature of the elasticities between the two, and their impact on the wage structure. This analysis touches on two fundamental questions: what are the sources of income inequality, and what are the disincentive effects of attempts to produce a more equal income distribution ?The papers in Part II proceed from the common observation that the dissimilarity in worker skills and employer demands often tempers the outcomes that would be expected in frictionless labor markets. And the last section of the Handbook deals explicitly with the role of institutional structures (e.g. trade unions) that now form an important part of modern labor economics.For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

Handbook of Labor Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2
  • February 1, 1987
  • R. Layard + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 8 7 8 5 7 - 1
The Handbook brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. It serves as an introduction to what has been done in this field, while at the same time indicating possible future trends which will be important in both spheres of public and private decision-making.Part 1 is concerned with the classic topics of labor supply and demand, the size and nature of the elasticities between the two, and their impact on the wage structure. This analysis touches on two fundamental questions: what are the sources of income inequality, and what are the disincentive effects of attempts to produce a more equal income distribution?The papers in Part II proceed from the common observation that the dissimilarity in worker skills and employer demands often tempers the outcomes that would be expected in frictionless labor markets. And the last section of the Handbook deals explicitly with the role of institutional structures (e.g. trade unions) that now form an important part of modern labor economics.

Estimator's General Construction Manhour Manual

  • 2nd Edition
  • January 1, 1977
  • John S. Page
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 7 2 0 1 - 3 2 0 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 5 9 8 - 5
This manual provides the reader with an accurate and convenient method for estimatig direct labor for general contrsuction work for any given system, plant, or location. Though this book, the reader has a reliable process of obtaining and streamlining an efficent model of operation.

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