Structural unemployment, or persistently high levels of unemployment that do not follow the ups and downs of a typical business cycle, varies significantly across industrialized countries. In this CESifo volume, leading labor economists analyze the widely diverging patterns of long-term...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Still More Questions Than Answers -- 2 A Picture of European Unemployment: Success and Failure -- 3 The Continent's High Unemployment: Possible Institutional Causes and Some Evidence -- 4 From Excess to Shortage-Recent...

In 2050, world population growth is predicted to come almost to a halt. Shortly thereafter it may well start to shrink. A major reason behind this shift is the fertility decline that has taken place in many developed countries. In this book, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness...