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Labor

Labor is a socio-economic category encompassing the human agency and activity through which individuals engage in the production of goods and services, distinguished within academic study by its structured relations to capital, institutions, and social hierarchies across historical, cultural, and geopolitical contexts.

10.9K

Publications

679.4K

Citations

13.2K

Authors

2.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.6K

Variants

Labor NegotiationsLabourPublic Sector Labor RelationsPublic-sector Labor Relations

Parents

Children

Publications

10.9K

1–5 of 10.9K

Authors

13.2K

  1. CC
    Colin C. Williams

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    44 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

    h-index

  2. AL
    Arne L. Kalleberg

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    29 publications · 3.8K citations

    23

    h-index

  3. NP
    Ngai Pun

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. DA
    David Autor

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    15 publications · 5.8K citations

    14

    h-index

  5. RB
    Richard B. Freeman

    Tufts Medical Center, United States

    17 publications · 920 citations

    14

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    53 h-index

    169 publications

    15.5K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    44 h-index

    134 publications

    23.6K citations

  3. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    43 h-index

    185 publications

    9.9K citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    43 h-index

    101 publications

    9.4K citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    110 publications

    12.1K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    35 h-index

    92 publications

    7.2K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    69 publications

    4.8K citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    33 h-index

    59 publications

    5.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 320 publications · 28K citations

    83

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  2. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    185 publications · 27.1K citations

    60

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  3. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    258 publications · 14.2K citations

    60

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  4. Work Employment and Society

    WES · 138 publications · 10.8K citations

    57

    h-index

  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 319 publications · 11.9K citations

    51

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