Gift Giving in Japan or Labour Economics

Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies

Author: Katherine Rupp

“[The author] displays not only acute observation of the content of gift-giving but also sensitivity to ambiguities of motives on the part of both giver and receiver.”—Asian Studies Review
“Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies is superbly written and an inspiring work which I recommend for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding modern Japan and its people."—Journal of Japanese Studies

New interesting book: Maya for Games or Applied Security Visualization

Labour Economics

Author: Steven W Smith

In the six years since the appearance of the first edition of Stephen Smith's book, labour economics has become a more firmly entrenched subject on the curriculum. Previously regarded as a subsection within industrial economics, there are now very few universities that do not devote a course to it in its own right. The focus of topics covered within it has also altered - the notion of human capital has now become much more central and microeconomic considerations are now more widely studied than macroeconomic phenomena.
The 2nd edition will address these changes and give greater centrality to microeconomics to reflect current course teaching. This excellent new book is a must-see for all those involved in Labour Economics.

Table of Contents:

	Tables
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Labour supply	6
2	Labour demand and productivity	40
3	Wage determination and inequality	71
4	Personnel economics	99
5	Human capital	119
6	Labour market flexibility	244
7	Trade unions and labour markets	202
8	Labour market flexibility	244
9	Job search and vacancy analysis	285
10	Unemployment	325
11	Trade, globalisation and labour markets	379
	Notes	406
	Bibliography	424
	Index	443