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After all the gains of the civil rights and women's movements, why are African Americans and women still faring poorly when it comes to wages, employment levels, and the distribution of jobs? Unlevel Playing Fields tackles this critical question by presenting two contrasting economic theories--neoclassical and political economy and showing how each theory explains discrimination and inequality in the labor market.

The second edition of this engaging volume has been revised and updated, and now includes more than 50 years of employment trends and data..
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Literary and historical fiction at its absolute finest, Kári’s Saga by mystery writer Robert Jansson is intuitive, learned and extraordinary Crafted with delicately precise prose, this penetrating and insightful narrative immerses the reader in the austere and vengeful world of Viking Iceland. Set in the year 1000, when pagans and Christians struggled for dominance, family obligations and raw ambitions fuel a heated feud left unresolved by the flawed legal system of the day. Jansson explores how an individual, however strong, cannot stand alone against such adversity. Love and loyalty match deceit and betrayal along a path strewn with misdeeds and lawlessness in a place where men weigh their conscience by the bloodlust of others. Never a dull moment, the author commands the reader to consider lofty ideals against a treacherous landscape of wickedness and transgression. What honor, love and happiness lay ahead for a man whose world is fraught by so much jealousy and malice?.
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Comparable worth--equal pay for jobs of equal value--has been called the civil rights issue of the 1980s. This volume consists of a committee report that sets forth an agenda of much-needed research on this issue, supported by six papers contributed by eminent social scientists. The research agenda presented is structured around two general themes: (1) occupational wage differentials and discrimination and (2) wage adjustment strategies and their impact. The papers deal with a wide range of topics, including job evaluation, social judgment biases in comparable worth analysis, the economics of comparable worth, and prospects for pay equity..
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In this age of downsizing, paycuts, and shrinking health-care contributions, employees on all rungs of the corporate ladder are increasingly baffled by company pay structures, benefits packages, and bonus plans.  What might look like a nice raise on the surface often translates into a virtual pay cut when all the components are figured in.  And what's more, until now, employers have had a monopoly on the knowledge of how these systems actually work, leaving employees virtually defenseless.

Now, in Are You Paid What You're Worth?, long-time corporate insider and compensation consultant Michael O'Malley exposes the inner workings of compensation systems and provides a specific formula that allows anyone--from the cubicle-dweller up to the CEO--to determine his or her own competitive worth.  Packed with practical tips and strategies, and spiced with real-life examples from big-name companies, Are You Paid What You're Worth? arms you with the information, confidence, and strategies you need to:

Compute the overall market worth of your job
Increase your base salary, or negotiate a salary at a new job
Improve your chances of receiving bonuses and other cash/non-cash awards
Know the pros and cons of different equity plans, and what to look for in company benefits
Increase the total compensation package you receive from your employer.
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A WORKING WOMAN EARNS 77 CENTS FOR EVERY MALE DOLLAR.

In the twenty-first century, the gender wage gap still affects the daily life of women throughout the country, at every economic level, from cashier to CEO. Is it fair? No. Can it be stopped? Absolutely

In this intelligently argued and carefully researched book, Evelyn Murphy, Ph.D., examines how much women (and their families) lose over a lifetime to the wage gap, knocks down the myth that women "choose" to make less, and documents the widespread discrimination that's holding down women's pay.

But here's the good news: The wage gap can be closed. Having served as an economist, politician, public official, and corporate officer, Murphy has a 360-degree view of the problem -- and of the solution. Read this book -- and get even..
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"Quagmire" is a word often applied to the mess in Iran, in a transparent effort to tar the enterprise with memories of the American debacle in Vietnam In this 3000-word essay, journalist and historian Daniel Ford surveys the current thinking on the Iraq-Vietnam analogy and comes to some conclusions of his own. This paper was prepared for the War in the Modern World program at King's College London, where the author (a reporter in Vietnam in 1964) is a master's degree candidate..
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Corporate valuation using multiples is one of the most popular corporate valuation approaches. In this book, the different steps of this valuation approach such as the selection of comparable companies or the choice of the reference variables are discussed. Then, the circumstances required for a sound valuation (e.g., the degree of efficiency of the equity market) are described. Additionally, the book gives insight on how the state of the industry and/or the company has an impact on the proper choice of the reference variables. Finally, it is shown how multi-factor models can enrich the universe of valuation models. While always maintaining the academic rigor, the author addresses practice-relevant topics and delivers hands-on solutions for typical valuation problems.

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