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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...

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Innovating European labour markets : dynamics and perspectives

Ester, P. (contributor) - 2008

This book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe's changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity policies at various levels and in different social and economic...

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Innovation, unemployment, and policy in the theories of growth and distribution

Salvadori, Neri (contributor); Balducci, Renato (contributor) - 2005

Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution increases our understanding about the …

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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...

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The rise of unemployment in Europe : a Keynesian approach

Stockhammer, Engelbert - 2004

This book offers a long overdue and refreshing Keynesian approach to the rise of European unemployment. It critically … discusses the NAIRU theory and presents econometric evidence to assess the relative importance of capital investment and labor …1. The rise of unemployment in Europe : a synopsis -- 2. Profits and unemployment : is there an equilibrium rate of …

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The economics of agglomeration

Strange, William C. (ed.) - 2019

20. Hoyt Bleakley and Jeffrey Lin (2012), 'Thick-market effects and churning in the labor market: evidence from US … including labor markets, input markets and dynamic phenomena such as innovation, technology change and growth. Prefaced by an …

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of...

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The handbook of globalisation

Michie, Jonathan (ed.) - 2011 - Second edition

Globalisation is an issue that has been high on the research agenda for several years, spawning a vast and at times unwieldy literature. A concept often ill-defined, it has generated a plethora of unresolved and fiercely contested questions, the nature of which depends on which side of the...

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Human capital over the life cycle : a European perspective

Sofer, Catherine (contributor) - 2004

Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand...

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Innovation, growth, and social cohesion : the Danish model

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - 2002

Written by the scholar who, together with Chris Freeman, first introduced the concept of the innovation system, this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material, it shows how and why competence building and innovation are crucial for...

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