Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

馬欣欣著　中国における労働市場制度
Ma, Xinxin, Labor Market Institutions in China. 304 pp. 2024:9 (Springer, GW) <734-219>
ISBN 978-981-9761-55-5 hard ¥47,076.- (税込) EUR 199.99

This book examines labor market policy and institutional reforms and their impact on outcomes in the Chinese labor market, utilizing both institutional and empirical study perspectives. It furnishes readers with academic evidence essential for comprehending the transformation of labor policies and institutions within the Chinese context-an emerging market economy housing one of the largest workforces globally. The main content of this book is divided into two parts: (i) Social institutions and labor market policies, encompassing topics such as trade unions and union wage premiums, minimum wage regulations and wage distributions, labor contracts, employment security and the high education expansion policy. (ii) Wage and employment institutions in the workplace, including areas such as seniority wages, mandatory retirement systems, the wage-experience profile, the dual labor market phenomenon, discrimination against women and minority ethnic workers, work hours, work-family conflict, job satisfaction, and the influences of Communist Party of China membership on managerial promotions. This book presents academic evidence on these issues, grounded in institutional transition background, economic theories, and empirical studies. It draws upon various Chinese nationwide representative survey datasets. This book is highly recommended for readers interested in institutional transitions, seeking up-to-date and in-depth empirical studies on the associations between labor policies/institutions and labor market outcomes. It particularly appeals to those with an interest in the Chinese economy, labor policymakers, scholars with a background in econometric analysis, and managers in companies.

公共政策の評価と分析－ポストパンデミックの労働市場における政府の役割再考
Amine, Samir (ed.), Public Policy Evaluation and Analysis: Rethinking the Role of Government in the Post-Pandemic Labour Market. (Contributions to Economics) 312 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <734-311>
ISBN 978-3-031-67603-1 hard ¥42,368.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This edited volume examines how some OECD countries have adapted to new challenges in the labor market by evaluating and analyzing public programs implemented before, during, and after Covid-19. To gain a comprehensive understanding, the volume adopts a multidisciplinary approach, with chapters contributed by authors from diverse disciplines and academic and professional backgrounds.

労働、賃金、持続可能性－労働の新しい経済学
Greenwood, Daphne T., Work, Pay, and Sustainability: A New Economics of Labor. 260 pp. 2024:12 (Polity Pr., UK) <734-312>
ISBN 978-1-5095-3674-0 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95
ISBN 978-1-5095-3675-7 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 26.95

Daphne Greenwood presents the first comprehensive introduction to pluralist labor economics. She expands the economics toolbox with theories taken from institutionalist, feminist, social, ecological, and stratification economists. Pluralists, she explains, focus on how formal and informal institutions affect the distribution of productivity dividends-and how this has evolved over time. Pluralists are concerned with job quality as well as financial compensation. They acknowledge the modern-day abundance created by technology, but advocate for institutional changes to direct it in equitable and sustainable ways. Building on the work of many heterodox economists, Greenwood introduces wage and employment models that are embedded in the economy, environment, and society. Beginning with evidence on work and pay in the US today, she explains why tools for analyzing commodity exchange are not sufficient for analyzing labor relationships. She brings bargaining power to the fore, analyses dynamic monopsony, and looks at the role of wealth as well as income in framing opportunities. Throughout the book, Greenwood addresses threats to sustainability and equity from unpaid social costs; institutional changes such as financialization and fissured workplaces; as well as race-ethnicity and gender. Among the possibilities explored for improving work and pay are sectoral bargaining, job guarantees, worker-owned cooperatives, and universal basic income.The first undergraduate-friendly book on its topic, Work, Pay and Sustainability is an important resource for students and scholars alike.