Under capitalism the quality of labor, being another expression of the quality of labor power, is reflected spontaneously in wages. The level of wages in the labor market is influenced by the proletariat’s class struggle for its own economic interests and depends on the ratio between the supply...
On a by country basis (see Edmonds and Shrestha 2012), we observe statistically significant declines in schooling in Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, South Sudan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Guyana, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Theory pred...
Europe is not alone in feeling the force of aging. Japan and other developed parts of Northeast Asia already find themselves under the strains of low fertility and increasing longevity. In the Southern Cone of Latin America, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay are also getting old. Even China faces ...