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Labour Market Evolution George Grantham

Labour Market Evolution By George Grantham

Labour Market Evolution by George Grantham


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This book looks at labour markets in their historical context, examining their operation and development in western Europe and North America since 1500.

Labour Market Evolution Summary

Labour Market Evolution: The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility and the Employment Relation by George Grantham

How have modern labour markets developed? Both labour economists and economic historians agree that it is necessary to look at labour markets in their historical context. Labour Market Evolution does just this.
The contributors examine the operation and development of labour markets in Western Europe and North America since 1500. They address the key questions in this complicated process using new quantitative evidence. First, how closely connected were geographically distant labour 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 labour economic theory and up-to-date quantitative techniques to show how current traditions and systems have evolved.

About George Grantham

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

Table of Contents

1 ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF LABOUR MARKETS 2 BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY: A LABOUR ECONOMISTS 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, 18501913 6 REAL INCOMES IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD, 18791913 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, 18901903 9 JOB TENURE IN THE GILDED AGE 10 THE GREAT WAR AND THE CANADIAN LABOUR MARKET: RAILWAY WORKERS 190339 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

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NPB9780415108652
9780415108652
0415108659
Labour Market Evolution: The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility and the Employment Relation by George Grantham
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1994-06-16
336
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