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Human capital theory and the traditional
labour economics approach focuses on how the labour market works, and thus on those factors that are external to the firm.
It is clear, concise and comprehensive in its coverage and will make a welcome addition to existing reading lists on intermediate to advanced courses in
labour economics.
Mahendra (2007), "Rural Non-Farm Employment in India and China: Trends, Determinants and Policies", Indian Journal of
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An important interest of Ray's has been in the area of industrial relations and
labour economics. He was instrumental in the formation of the Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia in 1964, and through the next two decades provided support for various unions preparing wage cases and acting as an expert witness for the unions or the Trades and Labor Council in wage cases.
He asked
Labour economics spokesman Mike O'Brien's office for a series of reports to be posted to his parents' Hampshire home.
The reader of this volume should not therefore expect to find a rarefied
labour economics for the lazy.
He is also Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and professor of
labour economics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Speaking after a meeting with Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous, Pissarides, who specialises in
labour economics, said unemployment was always a concern.