Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing, and the Global Economy
Author:   Francis Green (Professor of Work and Education Economics, Professor of Work and Education Economics, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   328
Publication Date:   12 January 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Hard at Work: Job Quality, Wellbeing, and the Global Economy


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Author:   Francis Green (Professor of Work and Education Economics, Professor of Work and Education Economics, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780197692516


ISBN 10:   0197692516
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   12 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms Part A. Framing Job Quality 1. The Significance and Terrain of Job Quality Science 2. Job Quality, Capability, and Wellbeing from Work 3. Better Jobs or Worse? The Forces Shaping Job Quality Part B. Job Quality Narratives 4. Earnings Quality 5. Prospects and Precariousness 6. Working Time Quality 7. Autonomy and Skill 8. Social Support and Workplace Abuse 9. More Demanding Work 10. Hazards and Harms of the Second Place Part C. Bad Jobs, Job Quality Policy, and the Future of Work 11. The Conjuncture of Job Quality in the Early Twenty-First Century 12. Making Jobs Better Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Francis Green is Professor of Work and Education Economics in the Faculty of Education and Society at University College London. His research focuses on job quality, education, and skills. The author of 11 books and more than 200 papers, Green has worked as an occasional expert for the UK government, the Singapore government, the Bruegel thinktank, the European Union, the OECD, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

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