Labor  (tagged articles)

From Flourishing Industrial Slavocracy to Restrictive Tenancy and Re-Enslavement: The Southern Labor Force Before and After the Civil War

Mang Lu - Some scholars of American history suggest the institution of slavery was dying out on the eve of the Civil War, implying the Civil War was fought over more generic, philosophical states' rights principles rather than slavery itself. Economic evidence shows this conclusion... Keep Reading »
Photo: Julien Harneis SA-2

Cobalt, Computation, and the Congo: Making Corporations Pay for Their Transnational Terrors

Isabel G. Padalecki - Though electronic products are ubiquitous in the modern Western world, most people are not aware of the origins of the batteries that power devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones. Lithium-ion batteries, though used primarily in wealthy and affluent nations... Keep Reading »

Child Care Policy and Female Labor Force Participation: A Comparison of Germany and Sweden

Analia Cuevas-Ferreras - Labor markets have traditionally been regarded as the product of a demand and supply of labor.2 In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, political economists Peter A. Hall and David Soskice put forth two types of economies... Keep Reading »
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Exploiting the Poor and Powerless: Forced Labor Systems in the Early and Later Modern World

Drew Liquerman - Our world has witnessed significant shifts, transformations, and evolution in government systems, the balance of power among nations, economics, the rights of men and women, and social structures and relationships over the past 500 years. However, the plight of the... Keep Reading »

An Econometric Analysis of the Major Choice of First-Generation College Students

Sam Trejo - Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I estimate a multinomial logit choice model for the college major decisions of first-generation college students|students who are the first in the families to attend college|and non-first-generation students... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Labor is tagged in the following 11 articles.

American Slavery
2021, Vol. 13 No. 05
From Flourishing Industrial Slavocracy to Restrictive Tenancy and Re-Enslavement: The Southern Labor Force Before and After the Civil War
By Mang Lu
Some scholars of American history suggest the institution of slavery was dying out on the eve of the Civil War, implying the Civil War was fought over more generic, philosophical states' rights principles rather than slavery itself. Economic evidence... Read Article »
Slavery Economics American Civil War Labor Economics Capitalism Agriculture Industrial Agriculture
Environmental Policy
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Cobalt, Computation, and the Congo: Making Corporations Pay for Their Transnational Terrors
By Isabel G. Padalecki
Though electronic products are ubiquitous in the modern Western world, most people are not aware of the origins of the batteries that power devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones. Lithium-ion batteries, though used primarily in wealthy... Read Article »
Environmental Policy Democratic Republic Of Congo Resource Management Extractive Industry Mining Child Labor
Political Economy
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
Child Care Policy and Female Labor Force Participation: A Comparison of Germany and Sweden
By Analia Cuevas-Ferreras
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Labor markets have traditionally been regarded as the product of a demand and supply of Labor.2 In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, political economists Peter A. Hall and David Soskice put forth two... Read Article »
Labor Markets Political Economy Female Labor Force Child Care Gender Inequality Social Policy
Colonialism
2016, Vol. 8 No. 05
Exploiting the Poor and Powerless: Forced Labor Systems in the Early and Later Modern World
By Drew Liquerman
Our world has witnessed significant shifts, transformations, and evolution in government systems, the balance of power among nations, economics, the rights of men and women, and social structures and relationships over the past 500 years. However... Read Article »
Slavery Forced Labor Colonialism Human Trafficking Human Rights Exploitation Imperialism
Higher Education
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
An Econometric Analysis of the Major Choice of First-Generation College Students
By Sam Trejo
Published by The Developing Economist
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I estimate a multinomial logit choice model for the college major decisions of first-generation college students|students who are the first in the families to attend college|and non... Read Article »
Higher Education College Students Decision-Making Socioeconomics Labor Markets
Middle East
2014, Vol. 6 No. 06
The Labor Market in Saudi Arabia: Foreign Workers, Unemployment, and Minimum Wage
By Hammad S. Alhamad
The issue of foreign Labor in Saudi Arabia is now one that touches all corners of the globe. Since 30% of Saudi Arabia's population of 27.3 million are immigrants from other countries, changes in Saudi Labor laws affect not only the workers but... Read Article »
Middle East Labor Economics Labor Supply Foreign Workers Unemployment Immigration Saudi Arabia
Econometrics
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
An Econometric Analysis of the 'Backward-Bending' Labor Supply of Canadian Women
By Adib J. Rahman
This study investigates the behavior of the Labor supply of Canadian women at different composite hourly wages of all paid jobs in 2009. Since it is widely demonstrated in the literature that variables such as age and levels of education, as well... Read Article »
Econometrics Labor Canada Workforce Women Gender Employment
Public Policy
2012, Vol. 4 No. 12
The Tongue of the Learned: How the ELaboration Likelihood Model and Group Communication Can Improve Biblical Literacy
By Jonathan D. Brackens
Interest in the intersection of religion and politics has grown in salience in the Post-9/11 era. Recent scholarship purports that when it comes to religion, Americans are profoundly ignorant. This ignorance leads to religious insensitivity that... Read Article »
Biblical Literacy Achievement Gap Elaboration Likelihood Model Group Communication Religious Education
Green Alliances
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
Green Alliances: ColLaboration Between Businesses and Environmental Advocacy Organizations
By Anam Qudrat
The notion of radical, restless environmental activists clashing with conservative, dollar-hungry businesses represents a classic way of thinking about the relationship between business and the environment. However as time marches forward, this... Read Article »
Green Alliance Environmental Politics Collaboration Environmental Advocacy Organizations
International Development
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
The Equivocal Nature of Exploitation: How Poor Workers in Developing Nations Exploit Capitalist Greed for a Profit
By Colin R. Fraser
Learning to play guitar is painful. For the first months, the coarse steel of the guitar strings shreds the soft skin of the player’s fingertips into a disgusting bloody mess. A reasonable person who does not play guitar would be entirely... Read Article »
International Development Capitalism Sweatshops Child Labor International Trade Exploitation
George W. Bush Presidency
2010, Vol. 2 No. 05
Labor Relations Under the Bush Administration
By Daniel J. Doyle
On January 20, 2001, George W. Bush was sworn into office as America’s 43rd President. Bush stood out amongst his 42 predecessors as the country’s first President to hold a Masters Degree in Business Administration.[1] This degree was... Read Article »
Bush Administration Labor Policy President Bush Department Of Labor Employee Free Choice Act OSHA Bush Labor Relations

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