BiblioVault - Books about International Comparison

Investment and the Return to Equity Capital in the South African Gold Mining Industry, 1887-1965

An International Comparison

S. Herbert Frankel

Harvard University Press

Mr. Frankel's study provides a thorough statistical analysis of the South African gold mining industry based on the accounts of 116 gold mining companies and of the leading mining groups and finance houses over a period of nearly eighty years. In it he examines the profitability, effects of taxation, and the financial structure of the industry as well as the failure or success of individual mines, and dispels some widely held misconceptions. His analysis is of particular relevance in relation to current discussions on the future supply of gold.

[more]

Poverty and Society

The Growth of the American Welfare State in International Comparison

Levine, Daniel

Rutgers University Press, 1988

.

[more]

The Structure of Wages

An International Comparison

Edited by Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw

University of Chicago Press, 2009

The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists. The first effort to examine linked employer-employee data across countries, The Structure of Wages:An International Comparison analyzes labor trends and their institutional background in the United States and eight European countries.

A distinguished team of contributors reveal how a rising wage variance rewards star employees at a higher rate than ever before, how talent becomes concentrated in a few firms over time, and how outside market conditions affect wages in the twenty-first century. From a comparative perspective that examines wage and income differences within and between countries such as Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands, this volume will be required reading for economists and those working in industrial organization.

[more]

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military

An International Comparison

Robert Egnell and Mayesha Alam, Editors

Georgetown University Press, 2019

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations. This book brings a much-needed crossnational analysis of how militaries have or have not improved gender balance, what has worked and what has not, and who have been the agents for change.

The country cases examined are Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Australia, and South Africa. Despite increased opportunities for women in the militaries of many countries and wider recognition of the value of including gender perspectives to enhance operational effectiveness, progress has encountered roadblocks even nearly twenty years after United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 kicked off the women, peace, and security agenda. Robert Egnell, Mayesha Alam, and the contributors to this volume conclude that there is no single model for change that can be applied to every country, but the comparative findings reveal many policy-relevant lessons while advancing scholarship about women and gendered perspectives in the military.

[more]