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The evaluation of active labour market policies : measures, public private partnerships and benchmarking
Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2007
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 consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420053
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Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition
Muffels, R. J. A. (contributor) - 2008
pt. 1. Labour market mobility and in-work transitions -- pt. 2. 'Scarring' effects of unemployment and non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850638
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Innovating European labour markets : dynamics and perspectives
Ester, P. (contributor) - 2008
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 policies at various levels and in different social and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851940
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Labour market policy and unemployment : impact and process evaluations in selected European countries
Mosley, Hugh (contributor); Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2001
This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies that have been relatively neglected in previous research and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851438
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Regulating working-time transitions in Europe
O'Reilly, Jacqueline (contributor) - 2003
This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements affecting labour market transitions through different working-time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through transitional labour markets is possible, assesses the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851358
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Labour supply and incentives to work in Europe
Gómez Salvador, Ramón (contributor) - What explains the pattern of labour supply in Europe … - 2005
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 European labour supply during the past few decades, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851054
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Full employment in Europe : managing labour market transitions and risks
Schmid, Günther - 2008
course - from education to employment, from one job to another, from unemployment to employment, from private activities to … gainful work and from employment to retirement - and develops the contours for extending unemployment insurance to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851587
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Employment, growth, and finance : economic reality, and economic growth
Davidson, Paul (ed.); Kregel, J. A. (ed.) - 1994
This important new book brings together a significant body of new essays on some of the central economic problems facing governments, firms and individuals in the 1990s. Under the direction of Paul Davidson and Jan Kregel, an international group of distinguished economists provide new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473934
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Growth and cohesion in the European Union : the impact of macroeconomic policy
Mitchell, William (ed.); Muysken, J. (ed.);  … - 2006
prevalent view is that the European unemployment problem can be solved by increasing incentives; improving the returns on … unemployment requires a much broader set of solutions, including active labour market policies, policies concerning schooling and … aggregate demand in the determination of unemployment has to be placed at the forefront of the debate. The extensive discussion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474007
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The labour market and economic development of Taiwan
Li, Cheng (ed.) - 2007
1996 * the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these … government in tackling high unemployment rates are examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474078