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Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition
Muffels, R. J. A. (contributor) - 2008
This book seeks to gain a better understanding of the paradoxical relationship between the alleged need of European labour markets to become more flexible and the way in which national policies pursue this aim without jeopardising existing high standards of income and employment security....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850638
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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 focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentrate on employment protection legislation, which discourages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851776
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The dynamics of full employment : social integration through transitional labour markets
Gazier, Bernard (contributor); Schmid, Günther (contributor) - 2002
Persistent unemployment is recognised as one of the main mechanisms of social and political exclusion. The Dynamics of Full Employment provides a new and fresh approach to the question of full employment in contemporary society. It offers an internationally comparative, interdisciplinary...
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Segmented labor markets and labor mobility
Reich, Michael (contributor) - 2008
-88 -- Michael Piore (1971), 'The Dual Labor Market: Theory and Implications', in David M. Gordon (ed) (ed.), Problems in Political …. Edwards (1973), 'A Theory of Labor Market Segmentation', American Economic Review, 63 (2), May, 359-65 -- David M. Gordon …, 28 (4), July, 508-23 -- Glen G. Cain (1976), 'The Challenge of Segmented Labor Market Theories to Orthodox Theory: A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852242
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474115
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Taxing the working poor : the political origins and economic consequences of taxing low wages
Kemmerling, Achim - 2009
In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850803
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Flexible hybrid work
Vartiainen, Matti - 2024
"Despite hybrid work becoming increasingly relevant since the COVID-19 pandemic, exactly what the phenomenon entails remains a burgeoning field of research. Matti Vartiainen explores this shift in working culture and what it means for staff wellbeing and performance, as well as how remote work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544823
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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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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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International handbook of labour market policy and evaluation
Schmid, Günther (contributor);  … - 1996
pt. 1. Methodology of labour market policy evaluation -- pt. 2. Evaluating labour market policies in selected target areas -- pt. 3. Evaluating institutional frameworks of labour market policy -- pt. 4. Evaluating policy targets at the European level
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