Culture and the labour market
Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour market....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2003
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour market. Using extensive new data from fourteen countries, the author finds tangible evidence of substantial cross-cultural differences in beliefs about wage inequality 1. Introduction -- 2. Culture and the labour market -- 3. Approaches to the analysis of cultural effects in the labour market -- 4. A model of the relationship between norms of equity, reference level norms and skill-based wage differentials -- 5. Community attitudes to skill-based wage differentials -- 6. Norms of equality and the wage structure in fourteen countries -- 7. Norms of equality in a changing world : evidence from six countries -- 8. Norms of need and minimum wages -- 9. Summary and Conclusion |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 152 p ill |
| ISBN: | 1843763176 9781781009680 9781843763178 |