Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Econometrics of Program Evaluation -- Chapter 2. Methods Based on Selection on Observables -- Chapter 3. Methods Based on Selection on Unobservables -- Chapter 4. Local Average Treatment Effect and Regression-Discontinuity-Design -- Chapter 5....

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The starting points -- Chapter 3. The optimal level of unemployment insurance -- Chapter 4. The optimal time profile of UI policy -- Chapter 5. Unemployment insurance over the business cycles -- Chapter 6. Some further notes on the role of a UI system --...

During the last decades, a considerable amount of research has been directed towards explaining the concept of Digital Human Resource Management (DHRM). Yet, a holistic assessment of DHRM antecedents and consequences with respect to possible contextual contingencies is still missing. To this...

“Donald Stabile provides a fascinating history of the economic and political debates leading up to, and following, the Employment Act of 1946. Contrary to common understanding, Stabile argues that there were strong tensions between New Dealers and Keynesians, including around their vision of...

Part I. Introductory Section -- Chapter 1. Empirical and Policy Landscape; Jim Ogg and Martina Rasticova -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives; Clary Krekula, Sarah Vickerstaff -- Chapter 3. Data Sources and Issues; Michaela Gstrein and Tindara Addaboo -- Part II. Country Reports -- Chapter 4....

1. Financial Stability: Still Unsettled for the Future -- 2. The Future of Capitalism in a Post-Neoliberal World -- 3. Moving People in a Post-Neoliberal Era -- 4. Productivity Slowdown and Inequality: Killing two Birds with One Stone! -- 5. Environmental Policies to Save the Planet -- 6. Public...

Chapter 1. The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Globally-shared Experience: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Pandemic Economics: Essential Features and Outstanding Questions -- Chapter 3. Pandemic Analysis I: Global Governance for a Global Pandemic? -- Chapter 4. Pandemic Analysis II: Governmental Actions...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional instruments that have been widely adopted since the financial crisis of...

1 Issues and New Business Trends in the International Trade of Secondhand Goods -- 2 Economic Impact of Imported Secondhand Agricultural Machinery in Rural Vietnam -- 3 International Trade of Used Trains: The Case of Japanese Used Rolling Stock in Indonesia -- 4 The Location Problem of...