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“SOCIAL ECONOMICS: A BRANCH OR NEW ROOTS?”
Brian ShowlerThe term or title ‘social economics’ is by no means a new one, the American J. M. Clark, for example, used it as the title of a book published in 1936, and indeed there has been…
INTERPRETATIONS OF PAY STRUCTURE
G.G.C. RouthThose who would become economists today have the choice of two ideologies, the one maintaining that the inner laws of the capitalist system are equilibrating and maximizing; the…
THE HUMAN CAPITAL APPROACH TO OCCUPATIONAL DIFFERENTIALS
Malcolm R. FisherContemporary resurgence of interest in human capital has both analytic and empirical origins. Analysis has increasingly emphasised the need to consider both stocks and flows; in…
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN GREAT BRITAIN
Barrie PettmanThe period since the Second World War has been one in which almost all Western countries have accepted the maintenance of a high level of employment as one of the first principles…
EQUAL PAY: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS (AMERICA)
John E. BuckleyIn 1970, the median earnings of American women employed on a full‐time basis were approximately 60 percent of men's earnings. This figure, taken from the Current Population…
EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA
J.P. NieuwenhuysenAmong some commentators abroad, Australia enjoys a reputation as a country in which the “three cornered suspension” afforded by conciliation and arbitration machinery has assisted…
DISEASE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Impact of Parasitic Diseases in St. Lucia
Burton A. Weisbrod, Ralph L. Andreano, Robert E. Baldwin, Erwin H. Epstein, Allen C. Kelley, Thomas W. HelminiakThis study sought to measure the impacts of five parasitic diseases on (1) mortality and natality, (2) school attendance and academic performance of children, (3) labor…
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- Professor Terence Garrett