Labor in the Twentieth Century

Edited by John T. Dunlop and Walter Galenson

in Elsevier Monographs from Elsevier, currently edited by Candice Janco

Abstract: Labor in the Twentieth Century provides the comparative method of reviewing labor in five advanced democratic countries. This book presents statistical series for employment, unemployment, wages, hours, and labor disputes. Organized into five chapters, this book begins with an overview of the major changes in the characteristics of both workers and their jobs that have occurred since 1990. This text then examines the social, political, and economic environment of Germany. Other chapters consider the factors that have made France exceptional, including the use of foreign manpower, the heavy labor-force participation of women, and the long period of demographic stagnation connected with low birthrates at the beginning of the 19th century. This book discusses as well the scarcity in the labor market, particularly of qualified manpower. The final chapter deals with the Westerner's conceptualization of Japanese industrialist relation. This book is a valuable resource for economists, historians, and social scientists.

Keywords: employment; unemployment; wages; labor market; manpower (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978 Originally published 1978-12-28.
Edition: 1
ISBN: 978-0-12-224350-9
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