The full employment framework and its demise -- Full employment: changing views and policies -- Early views on unemployment and the phillips curve -- The Phillips curve and shifting views on unemployment -- The troublesome NAIRU/The hoax that undermined full employment -- The shift to full...

This paper is about the impact on (low-skilled) labour. We build a new economic geography model in which two types of labour (low and high-skilled) are distinguished and in which, due to wage rigidies, unemployment may arise. We also introduce two types of transportation costs (for goods and...

This paper is about the impact of globalisation on (low-skilled) labour. We build a new economic geography model in which two types of labour (low and high-skilled) are distinguished and in which, due to wage rigidities, unemployment may arise. We also introduce two types of transportation costs...