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Labor Economics and May Day throughout the Year
As in recent years, work and economic issues have been on the minds of citizens worldwide – and not just […]
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Major Study Asks, What Academic Subject Pays Best?
A new survey in England examines the career outcomes of recent university leavers. For maximum pay, it helps to be a student of economics — and to be male.
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Is There A Skill Shortage in the US?
[We’re pleased to welcome Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Peter recently published an article […]
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Work, work, work…
Today is International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, a celebration of the international labor movement. SAGE publishes a […]
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The War We Are (Regrettably) Not Fighting
The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences recognizes William Julius Wilson for his work on race, stratification, and disadvantage in the U.S.
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Modernizing Universities?
Universities are starting to look like the behemoths of the US auto industry of the 1980s, with highly-paid CEOs buried in their offices looking only at numbers.
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Managing Expectations
Why do some people hide their light under a bushel while others promise more than they can deliver? In the latest edition of the Journal of Theoretical Politics, Dr René Lindstädt (University of Essex) and Dr Jeffrey Staton (Emory University, USA) have developed a theory to explain the phenomenon.
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Employment and Gross Domestic Product in Swedish Family-Owned Businesses
Carl Magnus Bjuggren, Linköping University, Dan Johansson, Dalarna University, and Hans Sjögren, Linköping University, published “A Note on Employment and Gross […]
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