Foreword - William BrownContributorsFigures, tables and boxesAbbreviationsPreface1 Introduction: An internationally comparative approach to employment relations - Nick Wailes, Chris F. Wright, Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury2 Employment relations in the United Kingdom - Jeremy Waddington3...

"We find that in a sample of emerging economies business cycles are more volatile than in developed ones, real interest rates are countercyclical and lead the cycle, consumption is more volatile than output and net exports are strongly countercyclical. We present a model of a small open economy,...

Developing growth strategies that promote greener lifestyles requires a good understanding of what factors affect people’s behaviour towards the environment. Recent OECD work based on periodic surveys of more than 10 000 households across a number of countries and areas represents a...

1. Introduction / Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson -- 2. Australia / Glenice Wood -- 3. Brazil / Andrea E. Smith-Hunter -- 4. Canada / Karen D. Hughes -- 5. China / Jonathan M. Scott ... [et al.] -- 6. Denmark / Suna Løwe Nielsen, Kim Klyver and Majbritt Rostgaard Evald -- 7. Fiji /...

This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...

Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force when they reach the age of eligibility for benefits. Disability insurance programs can also play a significant...

In recent years, the retirement age for public pensions has increased across many countries, and additional increases are in progress or under discussion in many more. The seventh stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor force...

In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs—and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population...