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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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and Stella Nkomo -- 6. A comparison of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights and politics in South Africa … Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa / Isabel Metz, Eddy Ng, Nelarine Cornelius, Jenny M. Hoobler … and the USA / Lize Booysen and Heather Wishik -- 7. What does being LGBT mean in the workplace? a comparison of LGBT …
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unemployment over the last 150 years and argue that the shift from involuntary to 'natural rate' conceptions of unemployment since … unemployment and the Phillips curve ; The Phillips curve and shifting views on unemployment ; The troublesome NAIRU: the hoax that …
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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 …
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world-wide scale partly as a consequence of the financialization of capital. The geographical diffusion of market relations … explaining unemployment and the fragmentation of labour …
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Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides...
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The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …
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Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. Theoretical and public policy debates on these issues have arisen,...
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Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets, more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an up-to-date catalogue of empirical work, as well as a...
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Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by reviewing the connection between these variables from a...
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