ABSTRACT

Labour focuses on the issues and problems concerning the efficient full employment of labour in a free market economy. The discussion is largely about the conditions (including comparative wages) underlying industrial efficiency and maximum production from various labour resources at least cost.

By estimating man-power, analysing the human factor and measuring labour efficiency, the book summarizes recent evidence on employment conditions for or against efficiency and the effect upon the incidence of unemployment.

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

part I|38 pages

Labour Resources and Utilization

chapter 1|9 pages

Man-Power

chapter 2|12 pages

The Human Factor and the Economic System

chapter 3|17 pages

Measures of Labour Efficiency

part II|104 pages

Labour in Employment

chapter 4|16 pages

Hours of Employment

chapter 5|13 pages

Physical Conditions and Types of Work

chapter 6|14 pages

Social Relationships in Employment

chapter 7|17 pages

The Amount of the Wage

chapter 8|13 pages

Methods of Wage Payment

chapter 10|15 pages

Types of Worker

Age and Sex

part III|30 pages

Unemployment

chapter 11|16 pages

The Incidence Of Unemployment

chapter 12|14 pages

The Prevention of Unemployment

part IV|40 pages

The Direction of Labour Policy

chapter 13|20 pages

The Control of Labour Conditions

chapter 14|20 pages

Social Progress and Policy