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Essays in economic theory, growth, and labour markets : a festschrift in honour of E. Drandakis
Drandakis, Emmanuel (honouree); Bitros, George (ed.);  … - 2002
game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic … understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems … as, for example, unemployment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital and the response of wages to price and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474115
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Full employment abandoned : shifting sands and policy failures
Mitchell, William - 2008
This book dismantles the arguments used by policy makers to justify the abandonment of full employment as a valid goal of national governments. Bill Mitchell and Joan Muysken trace the theoretical analysis of the nature and causes of unemployment over the last 150 years and argue that the shift...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851543
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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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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Environmental tax reform and the labour market : the double dividend in different labour market regimes
Kratena, Kurt - 2002
bargaining and efficiency wages) are derived and taken as the starting point for different specifications of the labour market … debate. This book will be of interest and relevance to academics in the fields of environmental economics, labour theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474167
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The Economics of restructuring and intervention
Michie, Jonathan (ed.) - 1991
The Economics of Restructuring and Intervention carries forward the work of Marx, Kalecki, Keynes and Kaldor in analysing questions of growth, distribution and government intervention. It will be essential reading for all those wishing to understand the massive economic and political shifts as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473944
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Employment protection legislation : evolution, effects, winners and losers
Skedinger, Per - 2010
Employment protection legislation is one of the most controversial issues in the labour market. In this insightful book, Per Skedinger provides an overview of the design, evolution and research on the effects of employment protection legislation around the world
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851798
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Full employment in Europe : managing labour market transitions and risks
Schmid, Günther - 2008
. Whilst there is no 'best practice', TLM theory does provide normative and analytical principles that can be generalised for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851587
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Entrepreneurship and the growth of firms
Davidsson, Per - 2006
In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies of many thousands of firms in several different projects. It offers deep insights into the firm growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851464
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
What is the potential of the new information and communication technologies? This book assesses the relationship 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125