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Labour Market Adjustments in Europe
Edited by Julián Messina, Claudio Michelacci, Jarkko Turunen, Gylfi Zoega
The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentra...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Handbook of Trade Unions
Edited by John T. Addison, Claus Schnabel
This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool, uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism, union behaviour and union impact from a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. The 14 chapters are writt... -
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Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe
Edited by Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Ana Lamo, Barbara Petrongolo, Melanie Ward, Etienne Wasmer
Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with economic policies and labour market institutions. Despite major changes in Eu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The European Social Model
Nick Adnett, Stephen Hardy
This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers’ rights and em...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Full Employment and Price Stability
William S. Vickrey, Mathew Forstater, Pavlina R. Tcherneva
Collecting Nobel Laureate William S. Vickrey’s articles on macroeconomic theory and policy written towards the end of his career, this volume demonstrates his enduring commitment to full employment and price stability, and his rejection ... -
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The Rise of Unemployment in Europe
Engelbert Stockhammer
This book offers a long overdue and refreshing Keynesian approach to the rise of European unemployment. It critically discusses the NAIRU theory and presents econometric evidence to assess the relative importance of capital investment an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany
Frances McGinnity
In recent decades, the problem of unemployment has generated fierce political and academic discussion on how national governments should address this issue. This book sheds light on a key debate in unemployment policy – that of whether u...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Capital Over the Life Cycle
Edited by Catherine Sofer
Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Overeducation in Europe
Edited by Felix Büchel, Andries de Grip, Antje Mertens
Overeducation is one of the most important mechanisms for labour market adjustment when there is an excess supply of highly skilled workers. However, there is much debate about the consequences of this phenomena and the short- and long-t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Culture and the Labour Market
Siobhan Austen
Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of ex... -
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The Social Dimensions of Employment
Edited by Antonio Argandoña, Jordi Gual
The contributions to this timely volume explore the social implications of labour market reforms, and assess the complex relationship between the economic and non-economic aspects of labour institutions. The authors ascertain that labour...
