labour economics
noun[U]
ECONOMICS,HRUK(USlabor economics)ukusthestudyof therelationshipbetween thenumberofemployeesneededand thenumberavailable, and how thisaffectsratesofpay,efficiency,workingconditions, etc.
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labour economics
Laboureconomicslooks at the suppliers of labour services (workers), the demands of labour services (employers), and attempts to understand the resulting pattern of wages, employment, and income.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The latter result is consistent with the deferred compensation theory fromlaboureconomicsthat says pension costs are ultimately borne by workers.
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A central issue in personnel andlaboureconomicsis the divergence between productivity and wages.
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He contributed some 370 articles to scholarly journals, authored seven books and edited specialist and general works on economics, economic history, health economics andlaboureconomics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inlaboureconomicsthat means employment that is not full-time and not life-time.
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