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This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. In all health systems with majority public financing, pharmaceutical reimbursement is one of the key factors in policies of change and...
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1. Public sector shock in Europe : between structural reforms and quantitative adjustment / Daniel Vaughan … -- 8. Hungary : public sector labour market from crisis to crisis / Szilvia Altwicker-Hámori and János Köllő -- 9. Cautious … really reflect the diversity within Europe, both in terms of how deep the financial crisis hit, and the drivers of public …
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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...
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between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors …
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are utilising different remedies - usually with disappointing results. Policy Measures for Low-Wage Employment in Europe …
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authors study evidence that a substantial number of workers in Europe are overqualified and challenge the wisdom of greater … dynamic knowledge-based economy in Europe. They move on to look at labour mobility and skill mismatches in the labour market …
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This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...
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and welfare economics, investigate the problems involved in re-designing tax and benefit systems in Europe, the cross … of European countries and the conclusions are therefore all the more relevant and of interest to policymakers in Europe …
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The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
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The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: * how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment...
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