Labor Economics in an Islamic Framework

Toseef Azid is Professor of Economics at the College of Business and Economics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.Umar Burki is Associate Professor at USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Administration, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway.Muhammad Juniad Khawaja is Associate Professor of Economics, Director of M.Sc. Economics and Director of the College Strategic Planning Committee at the College of Business and Economics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.Nasim Shah Shirazi is Professor at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.Muhammad Tahir is Assistant Professor of Economics at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Part I 1. Introduction to Labor Economics in an Islamic Framework 2. Mainstream Labor Market Models: A Review 3. Contributions of Islamic Scholars on Labor Economics and Some Empirical Evidence of Medieval Islam 4. Work in Islam 5. System of Industrial Relations in an Islamic Framework 6. The Labor Market in an Islamic Setting: Review and Prospects 7. Wages in an Islamic Economy: An Economic perspective Part II 8. An Overall View of the Muslim Countries 9. The Current Status of Labor Market in Muslim Countries 10. State of Poverty and Labor Market 11. Labor and Social Security: Theory and Practice 12. Conclusion Bibliography

"The goal of this volume is to provide thought-provoking discussion regarding the moral and ethical corners of the labor market under the guidance of divine law. This volume also reviewed the labor market's behavior during the early Islamic, medieval and current periods. It invites the researcher to start their research on the Islamic labor market's different dimensions and asks them to develop mathematical models based on the theoretical foundations, which provides a roadmap for further discussion and empirically tests them where data are available." — Professor Dr. Mohamed Aslam Mohamed Haneef, Department of Economics, International Islamic University Malaysia.