George Grantham / Mary MacKinnon (eds.)

Labour Market Evolution

The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility and the Employment Relation
Herausgeber: Grantham, George; Mackinnon, Mary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Labor Market Evolution" examines the operation and development of labor markets in Western Europe and North America since 1500 and addresses the key questions in this complicated process using new quantitative evidence. First, how closely connected were geographically distant labor markets? Second, how flexible were markets in the past--did wages change in response to demand shocks? Did workers move across space and occupations in response to cyclical or seasonal conditions. Third, were relationships between employees and employers short-term or long-term? Why did relationships change, and what were the implications for the flexibility and integration of markets? In examining these factors, this volume draws on modern labor economic theory and up-to-date quantitative techniques to show how current traditions and systems have evolved. Contributors include: Robert Allen, University of British Columbia; George Boyer, Cornell University; David Corbett, Williams College; Jan de Vries, UC Berkeley; David Green, University of British Columbia; John James, University of Virginia; Joshua Rosenbloom, University of Kansas; William A. Sundstrom, Santa Clara University; Mark Thomas, University of Virginia; Warren Whatley, University of Michigan; and Gavin Wright, Stanford University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780415108652
• ISBN-10: 0415108659
• Artikelnr.: 21199468

Autorenporträt

George Grantham is Associate Professor of Economics and Mary MacKinnon is Associate Professor of Economics at McGill University

Inhaltsangabe

1 ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF LABOUR MARKETS 2 BRIDGING THE GAP
BETWEEN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY: A LABOUR ECONOMIST'S
PERSPECTIVE 3 HOW DID PRE-INDUSTRIAL LABOUR MARKETS FUNCTION? 4 THE
DIS-INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL LABOUR MARKETS IN FRANCE: FROM AGRICULTURE
AND INDUSTRY TO AGRICULTURE OR INDUSTRY 5 REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET
INTEGRATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1850-1913 6 REAL INCOMES IN THE
ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD, 1879-1913 7 DID LABOUR FLOW UPHILL? INTERNATIONAL
MIGRATION AND WAGE RATES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND 8 THE DECLINE IN
HOURS OF WORK IN US LABOUR MARKETS, 1890-1903 9 JOB TENURE IN THE GILDED
AGE 10 THE GREAT WAR AND THE CANADIAN LABOUR MARKET: RAILWAY WORKERS
1903-39 11 WAGE WOES IN WEIMAR? A PARTIAL INVESTIGATION 12 WAGE BEHAVIOUR
IN INTER-WAR BRITAIN: A SCEPTICAL ENQUIRY 13 RACE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND
LABOUR MARKETS IN AMERICAN HISTORY