998 Search Results for Labor Economics
Atlantic Slave Trade From 1650 Onward
Although slavery had existed throughout human history, the Atlantic slave trade possessed certain unique qualities which gave rise to an equally unique and economically profitable form of slavery from the 17th Continue Reading...
Furthermore, the best means by which to achieve upward social mobility for many people has been strong labor movements and corresponding labor laws that protect the interest of workers. Raising minimum wages, expanding opportunities for advancement, Continue Reading...
L'Oreal's Strategic Direction
Amidst the global economic downturn, France's cosmetics giant L'Oreal corporation outperformed projections in the first ten months of 2010. With the first three quarters earnings exceeding +11% in sales revenues, the L' Continue Reading...
Immigration
Human migration has over the course of history shaped the demographics of continents in a manner that no other single phenomenon has ever done. The industrial revolution in Europe saw the advent of a mass displacement of populations fro Continue Reading...
Education
Addams, Jane. (1994). Child Labor Legislation -- A Requisite for Industrial Efficiency. In On Education (pp. 124-135). New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Famous education reformer Jane Addams expresses her different views on a liberal an Continue Reading...
FINANCE -- VALUE CHAINS, PORTER'S 5 FORCES AND ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES
The analyses of The Home Depot and Lowe's will involve value chain analysis, Porters 5 forces framework and economic analysis framework. These three perspectives complement rather th Continue Reading...
High Speed Rail
With greater economic and population growth, there is crowding issues on existing rail lines, poor journey times, areas that have been neglected with existing rail ways, and a greater carbon issue. In efforts to reduce the CO2 emiss Continue Reading...
A two-year degree can offer an affordable foundation towards a Bachelor's degree through a community college, however, it is important to have students take courses that can easily transfer to a university when the time comes. Educators and administ Continue Reading...
Corrections
Gius, Mark. (1999). The Economics of the Criminal Behavior of Young Adults:
Estimation of an Economic Model of Crime with a Correction for Aggregate Market and Public Policy Variables. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Oc Continue Reading...
Columbian Drug Trade
If Americans know nothing else about Colombia, they know that it is a place where people grow and package cocaine for use on the world market. This is, of course, a highly biased view of the country because Colombians do many th Continue Reading...
Interest Rates and Monetary Policy
Interest rates and monetary policy significantly affect residential property capital values. The official cash rate (OCR), the rate at which banks borrow from The Reserve Bank, determines the level of interest rates Continue Reading...
Latin American woman who is interested in a cultural studies program. This has not changed, and in fact, this course has helped me to deepen my understanding of diversity and helped me to understand more about gender roles and norms from a cross-cul Continue Reading...
Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Systems of social stratification
The systems refer to the manner that the society utilizes in ranking individuals in a hierarchy. Undeniably, the classifications suffice the reality that some groups of indi Continue Reading...
France has embarked on an economic and social experiment that is changing the face of employment in that country. The country has instituted a law requiring 35-hour work weeks, believing that it will stimulate the economy by decreasing unemployment a Continue Reading...
For example, almost 70% of German companies do not have in-house divisions for technical documentation. This provides a vast opportunity for TANNER AG. They can offer outsourced documentation which will free up internal resources to concentrate on Continue Reading...
Data Analysis
We define a plant to have died if it is in the LRD in year t but absent from the Census in year t _ 5 and beyond" the authors state, in explaining the parameters of their research (Bernard & Jensen 2007, p.196). The authors of th Continue Reading...
Income Distribution Gap
The global fiscal crisis will be borne by the millions of people who do not have a share in the benefits that were derived from the global economic expansions that occurred previously. Not only has the gap widened between lo Continue Reading...
From a short-run perspective, it would seem to be in the interest of the 'average' American worker to support limits upon immigration, given this will raise his or her level of wages and improve his or her employment prospects. On the other hand, A Continue Reading...
Globalization plays a major role in the economy and sociology today. It is important to understand what globalization is, how the world-systems theory explains inequalities between different parts of the world, and what is meant by core, semiperiphe Continue Reading...
Regression Analysis on Retirement
Definition of Regression
Regression can be defined as a multipurpose and dominant arithmetical technique which is utilized to concurrently form the outcomes of numerous independent variables on one single dependent Continue Reading...
Forced Early Retirement & Employment -- the Catch
Retirement & the Changing WorkForce
Catch
A logical paradox arising from a situation in which an individual needs something that can only be acquired by not being in that very situation tha Continue Reading...
The author of "History or Teleology? Marx vs. Weber" reviews common scholastic viewpoints regarding Marx and Weber. Weber is often lauded for his multifaceted and multidisciplinary explanation of human history. Unlike Marx, Weber addressed a multit Continue Reading...
functions of financial markets and discusses why a dollar tomorrow cannot be worth less than a dollar the day after tomorrow. Furthermore, the paper explains the cash flows associated with a bond to the investor. And discusses the term "price-earnin Continue Reading...
Welfare Reform
Working for wages is the principal means for obtaining income and getting ahead in American society. Work is the key to personal independence and an effective way to achieve a meaningful role in our society. Significant participation Continue Reading...
Because of these types of figures, it should come as no surprise that economists and others that analyze this type of issue are greatly interested in what type of role benefits play within the labor market.
Utilizing a simple theory of the labor ma Continue Reading...
Unions are various organizations are formed by and for workers to practice collective wages, objectives, rules and benefits in a workplace environment. Unions started to grow mainly after the civil war as one of the reactions to contemporary industri Continue Reading...
Employment Law
First Quote
"We are poised this year to more than double or even triple business," says Ms Turley. Ms Turley is a 58-year-old lady who has a company which makes clothes which are licensed with colleges and football team logos and col Continue Reading...
Likewise, woman in Saudi Arabia are still suppressed enough that they are not allowed to drive on the road. When recently one Saudi woman rebelled and was jailed and the foreign media raised the issue, the government of Saudi Arabia stood firm by th Continue Reading...
Why Having a College Education is More Beneficial as Opposed to Not Having a College EducationIntroductionIn recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on the importance of higher education in the labor market and society as a whole. As the glob Continue Reading...
Ghana
Blunch and Verner (Determinants of Literacy)
How does a country make progress? The answers seem to be obvious on paper - if difficult to effect in the world itself. Those of us who are citizens of the First World tend to believe that we unde Continue Reading...
gender inequality greater at lower or higher educational levels? The authors of this paper are Evertsson, England, Mooi-Reci, Hermsen, de Bruijn, and Cotter. The paper was published by the Oxford University Press. It was found on Google Scholar.
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Work Values
Cross-cultural comparison on work value between U.S. And China
A value is "what a person consciously or subconsciously desires, wants, or seeks to attain" (Locke, 1983). Peterson and Gonzalez (2005) say values "are motivational forces," Continue Reading...
Agency Theory and Executive Compensation
An Analysis of Agency Theory and Aligning Executive Stock Options with Corporate Objectives
According to Jensen and Meckling (1976), any medium- or large-sized firm today is not directly managed by its owner Continue Reading...
Work Force 2020: Work and Workers in the 21st Century
About the authors
Richard W. Judy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He is the senior co-author of Workforce 2020, a book about the challenges and opportunities that will face Continue Reading...
According to "Survivor syndrome is mainly characterized by feelings of guilt, for having survived the layoff, and anxiety, reduced motivation and risk taking due to the insecurity of further layoffs. It is a side effect of downsizing that is detrime Continue Reading...
Aging Workforce
The month of May was initiated by President John F. Kennedy as the month to honor the contributions of older Americans (Older pp). At that time roughly seventeen million living Americans had reached their 65th birthdays, today, appro Continue Reading...
I'd show how they must make trade-offs of how much food they purchase vs. how much they send on heating and utilities. They are barely making ends meet and I would show this from a very personal standpoint. Lastly, I would show that the existing Fai Continue Reading...
External and Internal Recruitment
External recruitment and its strategy at Coca Cola Company
Recruitment refers to an act of enabling employees take after the various roles and responsibilities within an organization. The act of selecting and emplo Continue Reading...