unemployment is introduced by an exogenously given wage rate, orientating ourselves by what has been called in the literature the …

Globalization and unemployment are two phenomena which are amongst the most widely discussed subjects in the economic … debate today. Often, globalization is regarded as being responsible for the increase in unemployment, particularly in … unskilled labor. This book deals with the correlation between globalization and unemployment under various aspects: historical …

With much of Europe plagued by high levels of unemployment, it has become widely accepted that the culprit is labor …, greater decentralization in bargaining, less generous unemployment benefits, more hiring flexibility, and less job security …. Fighting Unemployment critically assesses this free market orthodoxy. With cross-country statistical analyses and country case …