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Global Labour in Distress, Volume I

Globalization, Technology and Labour Resilience

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Editors:
  1. Pedro Goulart

    1. CAPP, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Raul Ramos

    1. Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics, AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Gianluca Ferrittu

    1. Lisbon School of Economics and Management - ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  • Contains commentaries contextualising the essays presented and the economic changes seen since 1991
  • Provides a varied disciplinary approach, encompassing development studies, economics, and demographic studies
  • Details the impact on and from migrations, technology and labour voice and resilience

Part of the book series: Palgrave Readers in Economics (PRE)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  2. Labour Agency and Resilience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 393-393
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    2. Is the Canary Alive and Kicking? Labour’s Voice Under Crises

      • Pedro Goulart, Gianluca Ferrittu, Raul Ramos
      Pages 395-408

    3. Labour and the State in India: Casualisation as Reform

      • Keshab Das
      Pages 409-414

    4. Wages, Employment, and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Indonesia

      • James P. Smith, Duncan Thomas, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Kathleen Beegle, Graciela Teruel
      Pages 415-459

    5. Growth and Recession: Underemployment and the Labour Market in the North of England

      • Anthony Rafferty, James Rees, Marianne Sensier, Alan Harding
      Pages 461-485

    6. The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

      • Bruno Arpino, Chiara Pronzato, Lara Patrício Tavares
      Pages 487-513

    7. Youth Labor Market Integration: The Role of Shocks and Institutions

      • Werner Eichhorst, André Portela
      Pages 515-521

    8. A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

      • Luis Felipe López-Calva, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
      Pages 523-554

    9. Trade Unions, Work and Resilience

      • Elizabeth Cotton, Miguel Martinez Lucio
      Pages 555-561

    10. Disaster Disparities and Differential Recovery in New Orleans

      • Christina Finch, Christopher Emrich, Susan Cutter
      Pages 563-593

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 595-602
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About this book

The first volume focuses on globalization, international migration, employment, labour agency, technological change, and labour resilience. This book aims to examine how labour institutions, both in developed and developing countries, have responded to the challenges faced over the last 30 years. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in labour economics, political economy, and development economics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CAPP, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Pedro Goulart

  • Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics, AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Raul Ramos

  • Lisbon School of Economics and Management - ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Gianluca Ferrittu

About the editors

Pedro Goulart is Deputy Director of CAPP, "Excellent" research center and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa. 

Raul Ramos is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona.

Gianluca Ferrittu is a Doctoral Researcher at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Labour in Distress, Volume I

  • Book Subtitle: Globalization, Technology and Labour Resilience

  • Editors: Pedro Goulart, Raul Ramos, Gianluca Ferrittu

  • Series Title: Palgrave Readers in Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89258-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89257-9Published: 02 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89260-9Published: 03 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89258-6Published: 01 January 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6454

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6462

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLIV, 602

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Development Economics

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