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The economic analysis of substance use and abuse : the experience of developed countries and lessons for developing countries
Grossman, Michael (ed.); Hsieh, Chee-Ruey (ed.) - 2001
Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully addictive substances than developing countries. However, the experience of developed countries is very relevant to the developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a continually increasing burden of disease in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474092
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Trade, jobs and wages
Hoon, Hian Teck - 2000
of free trade on the rate of unemployment, since it assumes full employment at the outset. By focusing on the …The world's increasing integration through trade and the persistence of high unemployment in Europe, and other areas of … the world, highlight the need to understand the implications of free trade for unemployment. Trade, Jobs and Wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851537
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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles Joseph (contributor) - 2008
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: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical … Employment addresses the impact of technical change on employment from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. After an … results are combined to demonstrate that the employment impact of labour saving technologies can only be partially counter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007
1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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The handbook of service industries
Bryson, John R. (contributor); Daniels, Peter W. (contributor) - 2007
Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851497
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Economic liberalization, distribution, and poverty : Latin America in the 1990s
Taylor, Lance (contributor); Vos, Rob (contributor);  … - 2002
Barros and Rob Vos -- 3. Argentina : macroeconomic behaviour, employment and income distribution in the 1990s / Roberto … Henrique Corseuil -- 5. Chile : trade liberalization, employment and inequality / José de Gregorio ... [et al.] -- 6 Colombia …-of-payments liberalization, remittances, employment and poverty / Alexander Segovia and Jeannette Larde -- 9. Mexico : trade liberalization …
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors … discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment that countries might expect to be created following the introduction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125
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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy
Arestis, Philip (contributor);  … - 2007
business cycle and growth /Pedro Leão --A Keynesian model of unemployment and growth : theory /John Cornwall --A Keynesian … model of unemployment and growth : an empirical test /Wendy Cornwall --The relevance of the Cambridge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420046
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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