This book, first published in 1992, seeks an explanation of the pattern of sharp discrepancy of wage levels across the world-economy for work of comparable productivity. It explores how far such differences can be explained by the different structures of households as 'income-pooling units', examining three key variables: location in the core or periphery of the world-economy; periods of expansion versus periods of contraction in the world-economy; and secular transformation over time. The authors argue that both the ...
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This book, first published in 1992, seeks an explanation of the pattern of sharp discrepancy of wage levels across the world-economy for work of comparable productivity. It explores how far such differences can be explained by the different structures of households as 'income-pooling units', examining three key variables: location in the core or periphery of the world-economy; periods of expansion versus periods of contraction in the world-economy; and secular transformation over time. The authors argue that both the boundaries of households and their sources of income are molded by the changing patterns of the world-economy, but are also modes of defense against its pressures. Drawing empirical data from eight local regions in three different zones - the United States, Mexico and southern Africa - this book presents a systematic and original approach to the intimate link between the micro-structures of households and the structures of the capitalist world-economy at a global level.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: 0521427134.
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Near Fine. This book is the product of the Research Working Group on Households, Labor-Force Production, and the World-Economy of the Fernand Braudel Center; the essays by group members attempt to explain the discrepancy of wage levels across the world-economy for work of comparable productivity; they explore how such differences can be due to different structures of households as income-pooling units by examining three variables: location in the core or periphery of the world-economy, periods of expansion version periods of contraction in the world-economy, and secular transformations over time; the book presents a systematic and original approach to the link between the micro-structures of households and the macro-structures of the capitalist world-economy (white cover with red lettering, slightly tanned, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge wear; no marks or creases. Trade paperback; glued binding. 311 p. Contains: index, bibliography. Studies in Modern Capitalism
