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Young Workers in the Global Economy
Edited by Gregory DeFreitas
‘. . . the volume is successful in reaching an always difficult equilibrium between scientific soundness, on the one hand, and fluency, on the other hand. . . the book is a highly enjoyable and engaging read also for a general audience i...eBook:Find out more$62.40
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Population Ageing, Pensions and Growth
John Creedy, Ross Guest
‘This is a useful book that presents a number of important ideas and results. Creedy and Guest’s discussion of the assumptions and value choices required in these models is thoughtful and interesting. Their overall conclusion that popula... -
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Education and Inequality Across Europe
Edited by Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund, Erling Barth
‘This volume represents a new chapter in understanding income inequality. The various authors, drawn from across Europe, not only provide rich comparative views about the extent of inequality but also go on to explain some of the causes.... -
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Migration and Human Capital
Edited by Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf, Leo van Wissen
‘Migration and Human Capital is an important contribution to migration research that will be appreciated by both scholars relatively new to migration research and experienced researchers. The book provides insights in the fluid process o... -
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The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan
Edited by Joseph S. Lee
The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: • how Taiwan’s labour market was able... -
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Redesigning the Welfare State
Hans-Werner Sinn, Christian Holzner, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel, Martin Werding
Redesigning the Welfare State argues that the current high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major challenge for the German welfare state, but is to a good extent caused by the way the country's welfare system is design... -
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The Theory of International Trade and Unemployment
Paul Oslington
‘The relation between trade and unemployment suffers from a curious neglect. Oslington remedies this gap in a book that admirably synthesizes existing research as well as advancing the frontier. Highly recommended!’ – Donald Davis, Colum... -
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Labour Supply and Microsimulation
John Creedy, Guyonne Kalb
This book provides a detailed introduction to behavioural tax microsimulation methods and reviews the use of such models for evaluating tax policy reforms. -
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Money and Employment
Peter Docherty
‘This book represents a very considerable achievement. It is clearly written, displays very substantial scholarship, and makes a strong case for the Kaldor–Moore approach, suitably modified, as the analytical core of a genuinely non-neoc... -
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Technology and the Decline in Demand for Unskilled Labour
Mark Sanders
‘This book treats a major issue – accounting for the differential run-up of the educational wage premium in the US and Europe since the 1970s – which is important from the point of view of economic policy and also from the point of view ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work, Family and Childcare
Joris Ghysels
‘Based on economic theory and empirical evidence of European social reality, Joris Ghysels analyses micro-data using up-to-date econometrics. He thereby produces innovative insights and suggestions for policy change which will be of inte...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Full Employment and Price Stability
William S. Vickrey, Mathew Forstater, Pavlina R. Tcherneva
‘This collection of Vickrey’s writings is primarily concerned with macro policy issues, and thus includes some of his lesser-known work. It is a collection that Bill would have wanted to get out to the public because he felt that a solid...