Provides a comparative analysis of wage policies in the public sector of six OECD countries. Examines recent trends in reforms to the wage payment systems.

Much of the recent debate about macroeconomic theory and policy in the United Kingdom has been seen as a simple clash between monetarists and Keynesians. This article argues that the vision is false. It traces out the changes which have taken place in the British economy since the start of the...

The report aimed to study how the three roles of BLAs -- facilitation of recruitment, protection of migrants' rights and mitigating of negative consequences of migration for sending countries -- are secured and implemented in the BLAs on health-care professionals' migration between one of the...

Fothergill S. (2005) A new regional policy for Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 659-667. Britain's Labour Government is setting new directions for UK regional policy and proposing radical changes in European Union regional policy as well. This paper provides a critical review of the three UK...

Explores the development of joint voluntary initiatives and codes of conduct adopted in support of fundamental environmental and labour standards and shows how they provide new frameworks for the support of social dialogue. Provides case studies of several such initiatives and examines their...

Dentro del tema de la adquisici¢n de empresas esta investigaci¢n aborda el estudio del descuento que se aplica en el precio de adquisici¢n de empresas cuando ‚stas no cotizan en el mercado de capitales. La estimaci¢n de nuestro modelo utilizando una muestra de empresas no cotizadas que han...