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Migration and Human Capital
Edited by Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf, Leo van Wissen
Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillov... -
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Innovating European Labour Markets
Edited by Peter Ester, Ruud Muffels, Joop Schippers, Ton Wilthagen
This book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe’s changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity polici...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment]()
New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment
Edited by Charles J. Whalen
Charles Whalen’s book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field’s leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe]()
Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe
Edited by Ruud Muffels
This book seeks to gain a better understanding of the paradoxical relationship between the alleged need of European labour markets to become more flexible and the way in which national policies pursue this aim without jeopardising existi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Restructuring Work and Employment in Europe]()
Restructuring Work and Employment in Europe
Edited by Bernard Gazier, Frédéric Bruggeman
This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Ki...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Working Poor in Europe]()
The Working Poor in Europe
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Henning Lohmann
For a long time in-work poverty was not associated with European welfare states. Recently, the topic has gained relevance as welfare state retrenchment and international competition in globalized economies has put increasing pressures on...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Full Employment in Europe
Günther Schmid
Transitional Labour Markets (TLM) – defined as legitimate, negotiated and politically supported sets of various employment options in critical events over the life course – are an essential ingredient of modern full employment strategies...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Full Employment Abandoned]()
Full Employment Abandoned
William Mitchell, Joan Muysken
This book dismantles the arguments used by policy makers to justify the abandonment of full employment as a valid goal of national governments. Bill Mitchell and Joan Muysken trace the theoretical analysis of the nature and causes of une...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy]()
Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy
Edited by Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with r...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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![The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan]()
The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan
Edited by Joseph S. Lee
An integrated labour market model (a revision of the Harris–Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adop... -
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![The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies]()
The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
Edited by Jaap de Koning
This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consid...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![International Handbook on the Economics of Education]()
International Handbook on the Economics of Education
Edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes
This major Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling an...eBook:Find out more$80.76
