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Unemployment rate and working‐hour constraints

Ramirez, José V. - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 6, pp. 449-460

unemployment rate on the extent of working‐time constraints. Results indicate, first, that neither model of lifetime contracting … unemployment rate confronting the worker in his or her labour market constitutes an obvious incentive to work more hours than he or …

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Social policy, labour markets, unemployment, and household strategies in Russia

Manning, Nick - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 1/2, pp. 48-67

, facing imminent redundancy, or recently re‐employed after unemployment. Interactions between these four labour market states …

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How strong is the case for targeting active labour market policies?

Fraser, Neil - In: International Journal of Manpower 20 (1999) 3/4, pp. 151-164

somewhat between low and high unemployment countries. The approach taken in Sweden in the 1960s to 1980s is used to discuss low … unemployment countries, and OECD analysis in the 1990s to represent theory for the high unemployment countries. Targeting the long …‐term unemployed is specifically a policy for high unemployment countries, and depends particularly on effects on wage pressure. The …

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A new deal or new disadvantage?

Ogbonna, Emmanuel; Noon, Mike - In: International Journal of Manpower 20 (1999) 3/4, pp. 165-179

In Britain, welfare‐to‐work has been hailed as a radical initiative to help those that are socially and economically disadvantaged in society. The New Deal promises to offer young long term unemployed people the opportunity to train and experience the world of work in a bid to make them more...

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Search methods and transitions into employment and inactivity

Urwin, Peter; Shackleton, J.R. - In: International Journal of Manpower 20 (1999) 3/4, pp. 189-237

the probability that an individual will move out of unemployment into either employment or inactivity. We take advantage …

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Unemployment in Lancaster and Morecambe

Regan, Phil - In: International Journal of Manpower 10 (1989) 3, pp. 20-23

Summary results of a survey of unemployed men conducted in Lancaster and Morecambe in 1988 are presented. Particular attention is focused on the long‐term unemployed, and on detailed aspects of skills, qualifications and work experience of the stock of unemployed workers.

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Long‐term Unemployment and the Demand for Labour in the Stoke‐on‐Trent Area

Lawrence, Peter; Rosenthal, Leslie; Sheldon, Peter - In: International Journal of Manpower 10 (1989) 4, pp. 15-23

An analysis of the characteristics of a sample of the unemployed in the local area of Stoke‐on‐Trent, UK, is compared with information on the skills and characteristics which would be demanded resultant from an expansion of the local economy in both public and private activity. Much evidence...

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Long Term Unemployment in the Humberside Area

Vicary, Simon; Treble, John G.; Baker, John - In: International Journal of Manpower 11 (1990) 4, pp. 17-34

unemployment trends in the area and the various trends in the demand for labour as revealed by official statistics. …

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Local Labour Markets and Long‐term Unemployment: A Further Analysis

Mangan, John; Phibbs, Peter - In: International Journal of Manpower 12 (1991) 7, pp. 3-8

‐term Unemployment: A Local Labour Market Study”, International Journal of Manpower , Vol. 11 No. 1, 1990, pp. 13‐20). However …

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New Strategies to Combat Long‐term Unemployment in Belgium

Geers, Frederik - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 2, pp. 55-65

Flemish Region in Belgium by public bodies and social partners to combat long‐term unemployment. First, analyses the … quantitative and qualitative aspects of unemployment in Belgium. Draws attention mainly to the specific guidance and training …

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