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  2. Labour economics - Wikipedia

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    Labour economics, or labor economics, seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour. Labour is a commodity that is supplied by labourers , usually in exchange for a wage paid by demanding firms.

  3. Split labor market theory - Wikipedia

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    Split labor market theory traces the roots of racial/ethnic stratification to social and political differences that predate inter-group contact in the labor market, but the specific outcomes (caste system, exclusion, or something else) result mainly from the actions of the higher paid segment of the working class and their power relative to ...

  4. Labor market segmentation - Wikipedia

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    Labor market segmentation is the division of the labor market according to a principle such as occupation, geography and industry. [ 1 ] One type of segmentation is to define groups "with little or no crossover capability", such that members of one segment cannot easily join another segment. [ 2 ]

  5. Dual labour market - Wikipedia

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    The dual labour market (also referred to as the segmented labour market) theory aims at introducing a broader range of factors into economic research, such as institutional aspects, race and gender. [1] [citation needed] It divides the economy into two parts, called the "primary" and "secondary" sectors. The distinction may also be drawn ...

  6. Early 1990s recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July 1990 marked the end of what was at the time the longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history. [2] [5] Prior to the onset of the early 1990s recession, the nation enjoyed robust job growth and a declining unemployment rate. The Labor Department estimates that as a result of the recession, the economy shed 1.623 million jobs or 1.3% ...

  7. The End of Work - Wikipedia

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    Some economists and sociologists have criticized Rifkin for being one of the major contributors to the "end of work" discourse and literature of the 1990s. Autonomist political philosopher George Caffentzis concluded that Rifkin's argument is flawed because it is based on a technological determinism that does not take into account the dynamics of employment and technological change in the ...

  8. Sharp downgrades to US unit labor costs bode well for ...

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    "The labor market and wage growth are receding as a source of inflationary pressures," said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

  9. Industrial sociology - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Industry 4.0, showing the four "industrial revolutions" with a brief English description. Industrial sociology, until recently a crucial research area within the field of sociology of work, examines "the direction and implications of trends in technological change, globalization, labour markets, work organization, managerial practices and employment relations" to "the extent to ...