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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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Handbook on the economics of discrimination
Rodgers, William M. (contributor) - 2006
Discrimination's dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The specially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850781
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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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Labour markets, gender and institutional change : essays in honour of Günther Schmid
Schmid, Günther; Mosley, Hugh; O'Reilly, Jacqueline; … - 2002
The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851163
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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles J. (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 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
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Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition
Muffels, R. J. A. (contributor) - 2008
high standards of income and employment security. Special interest is devoted to the way in which countries opt for …-standard employment -- pt. 3. 'Best policy practices' in Australia, Canada and Denmark …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850638
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Makeshift work in a changing labour market : the Swedish model in the post-financial crisis era
Garsten, Christina (contributor);  … - 2015
of employment services and of the implications thereof from a human perspective.'--Jan Ch. Karlsson, Karlstad University … mass unemployment has become a reality in what used to be viewed as a model case for a full employment society. With an … the market mediates employment and moves on to explore the ways in which employees adjust to a new labour market. Focusing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850756
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Labour supply and incentives to work in Europe
Gómez Salvador, Ramón (contributor) - What explains the pattern of labour supply in Europe … - 2005
pt. 1. Incentives to work -- pt. 2. Factors affecting labour force participation -- pt. 3. New forms of employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851054
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Regulating working-time transitions in Europe
O'Reilly, Jacqueline (contributor) - 2003
preventing the development of social exclusion from paid employment … regulating and new practices -- 6. Flexibility in the Spanish labour market : working-time and temporary employment -- 7. Working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851358