Authors:Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: comparative, research, labor, markets, series, economic, bureau, wages, international, comparison, national, structure
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2009-02-15
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0226470504
ISBN-13: 9780226470504

The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists. The first effort to examine linked employer-employee data across countries, The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison analyzes labor trends and their institutional background in the United States and eight European countries. A distinguished team of contributors reveal how a rising wage variance rewards sta

Authors:Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn L. Shaw, Fredri
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: economic, bureau, research, conference, report, national, approaches, firms, employees, quantitative, qualitative, analysis
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0226042871
ISBN-13: 9780226042879

The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by examining the interaction between the internal workings of businesses and outside influences from the market using data from countries around the globe. The result is enhanced insight into the dynamic interrelationship between firms and workers.A distinguished team of researchers here examines the relatio

Authors:George MacDonald, Kathryn Lindskoog, Kathryn Lindsko
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Keywords: readers, classics, gibbie, sir
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 2001-07-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0875527264
ISBN-13: 9780875527260

In nineteenth-century Scotland, Gibbie, recently orphaned by his father’s sudden death, witnesses a violent murder and flees to the countryside where he finds a new life and experiences many adventures.

Authors:Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: modern, turkey, revolution, republic, rise, reform, volume, ottoman, history, empire
Number of Pages: 548
Published: 1977-05-27
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0521291666
ISBN-13: 9780521291668

Reform, Revolution and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808-1975 is the second book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It discusses the modernization of the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the spread of nationalism among its subject peoples, and the revolutionary changes in Ottoman institutions and society that led to the Empire’s demise and the rise of the democratic Republic of Turkey. Based on extensive research in the Ottoman archives as well as Western sources, this volume analyzes the external pressures, refor

Author: Kathryn M. Moncrief and Kathryn R. McPherson
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: modern, performance, drama, studies, england, maternity, performing
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2007-11-14
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754661172
ISBN-13: 9780754661177

"Performing Maternity in Early Modern England" features essays that share a common concern with exploring maternity’s cultural representation, performative aspects and practical consequences in the period from 1540-1690. The essays interrogate how early modern texts depict fertility, conception, delivery, and gendered constructions of maternity by analyzing a wealth of historical documents and images in conjunction with dramatic and non-dramatic literary texts. They emphasize that the embodied, repeated, and public nature of maternity defines it as inherently performative and ultimately

Authors:Rajib Shaw, Rajib Shaw, Hari Srinivas, Anshu Sharma,
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Keywords: risk, environment, disaster, management, community, perspective, reduction, asian, urban
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2009-12-01
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 1848559062
ISBN-13: 9781848559066

As cities all over the world have urbanized rapidly after the industrial revolution, most cities have confronted environmental problems such as poor air and water quality, high levels of traffic congestion and ambient noise, poor-quality built environment, derelict land, greenhouse gas emissions, urban sprawl, generation of waste and waste-water. In particular, cities in the developing world face problems related to the living conditions in which the urban population lives. In the context of urban cities in the developing world, it can be narrowed to the quality of life of living population in

Authors:Rajib Shaw, Rajib Shaw, Juan M. Pulhin, Joy Jacquelin
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Keywords: disaster, risk, community, environment, management, challenges, reduction, change, adaptation, climate, issues
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2010-12-16
List price: $154.95
ISBN-10: 0857244876
ISBN-13: 9780857244871

The importance of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is increasing due, in part, to recent major disasters throughout the world. CCA and DRR are closely associated and there has been significant awareness at global and national levels to make collective focus on CCA and DRR. Although there are several books on CCA, this is the first systematic academic publication to highlight the linkages between CCA and DRR, CCA-DRR synergy and interactions. The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 focuses on the theory of CCA and DRR and its enabling environment; Part 2 foc