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Growth, unemployment, and deindustrialization
Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2000
dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … efficiency-wage considerations Growth, Unemployment and Deindustrialization will be of paramount interest to scholars of …The sectoral composition of economies is fundamental to the understanding of growth, unemployment and the relative …
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Road congestion pricing in Europe : implications for the United States
Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (contributor);  … - 2008
In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications...
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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
Storrie, Donald W. (contributor);  … - 2003
employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies …
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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...
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The rise of unemployment in Europe : a Keynesian approach
Stockhammer, Engelbert - 2004
1. The rise of unemployment in Europe : a synopsis -- 2. Profits and unemployment : is there an equilibrium rate of …This book offers a long overdue and refreshing Keynesian approach to the rise of European unemployment. It critically … unemployment in the long run? -- 3. The NAIRU theory, the NAIRU story and Keynesian approaches -- 4. Explaining the rise in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851695
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Labour market adjustments in Europe
Messina, Julián (contributor) - 2006
The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They … determinants of job flows in Europe : sectoral factors and institutions / Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julián Messina and Giovanna …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851776
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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 appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...
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Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe : best practices and breakthrough models
De Cleyn, Sven H. (contributor); Festel, Gunter (contributor) - 2016
Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main … perspective on academic spin-offs and technology transfer -- 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation … / Hervé Lebret -- Part V conclusion -- 13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe - concluding insights and …
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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning
Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420036
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Corporate governance, market structure and innovation
Calderini, Mario (contributor);  … - 2003
This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851058