%0 eBook %M Solr-EB001835401 %A Touffut, Jean-Philippe %E Solow, Robert M. %I Edward Elgar %D 2010 %C Cheltenham, U.K %G English %B The Cournot Centre for Economic Studies series %@ 9781849809122 %@ 9781849805100 %@ 9781849804967 %T The shape of the division of labour : nations, industries and households %U https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781849804967.xml %X How is work divided up in the household, within an industry, a nation or between continents? What are the dynamics of the division of labour? The wide-ranging contributions to this book explore these questions from technological, capital and political perspectives. They include in-depth studies of gender, the firm, countries' economic specializations, ICTs, foreign direct investment and agriculture. In this book, ten distinguished contributors-- economists, scholars and practitioners-- take stock of the shape of the division of labour and provide useful policy recommendations