Unemployment in Western Countries
Author: E. Malinvaud
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-06-14
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1349164070
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How the Government Measures Unemployment
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnemployment in Developing Countries
Author: David Turnham
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHomeownership and the Labour Market in Europe
Author: Casper van Ewijk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-03-12
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0199543941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda. A new and challenging view is that lack of mobility in the labour market may arise from rigidities in the housing market. This book brings together top European economists to analyse the interaction between housing and labour markets and provides clear policy messages.
Debating Unemployment Policy
Author: Laurent Bernhard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-02
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1108497519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsiders the policy debates surrounding unemployment in Western Europe after the outbreak of the Great Recession.
The Economics of World War I
Author: Stephen Broadberry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-09-29
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1139448358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique volume offers a definitive new history of European economies at war from 1914 to 1918. It studies how European economies mobilised for war, how existing economic institutions stood up under the strain, how economic development influenced outcomes and how wartime experience influenced post-war economic growth. Leading international experts provide the first systematic comparison of economies at war between 1914 and 1918 based on the best available data for Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the USA, Italy, Turkey, Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands. The editors' overview draws some stark lessons about the role of economic development, the importance of markets and the damage done by nationalism and protectionism. A companion volume to the acclaimed The Economics of World War II, this is a major contribution to our understanding of total war.
Explaining Unemployment in Spain
Author: Mr.Jeffrey R. Franks
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1994-09-01
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 1451852576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpain has the most serious and persistent unemployment problem in Europe, with an unemployment rate that reached 24.6 percent in early 1994. This paper explores the characteristics of this unemployment problem, its causes, and provides a brief discussion of recent labor market reform measures and their likely Impact. A demographic shift in recent years has produced a large rise in female labor force participation and a decrease in agricultural jobs to which the economy has been unable to adjust. The effects of generous unemployment benefits and the large underground economy may explain 6–12 percentage points of the resulting unemployment, but the remainder must be explained by failures and rigidities in the labor market. The paper presents econometric evidence that unemployment displays hysteresis, and that wages are not responsive to changes in the unemployment rate. This evidence supports the claim that insider-outsider factors and rigidities in the legal structure of the labor market are responsible for much of the high unemployment rate. Recent reforms have improved the functioning of the labor market, but they are unlikely to be sufficient to reduce unemployment to single digit rates without further action.
The Causes of Structural Unemployment
Author: Thomas Janoski
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-06-27
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 0745684130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that “jobless recoveries” could become a permanent feature of Western economies. This illuminating book focuses on the employment futures of advanced industrial countries, providing readers with the sociological imagination to appreciate the bigger picture of where workers fit in the new international division of labor. The authors piece together a puzzle that reveals deep structural forces underlying unemployment: skills mismatches caused by a shift from manufacturing to service jobs; increased offshoring in search of lower wages; the rise of advanced communication and automated technologies; and the growing financialization of the global economy that aggravates all of these factors. Weaving together varied literatures and data, the authors also consider what actions and policy initiatives societies might take to alleviate these threats. Addressing a problem that should be front and center for political economists and policymakers, this book will be illuminating reading for students of the sociology of work, labor studies, inequality, and economic sociology.
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019
Author: United Nations
Publisher: UN
Published: 2019-02-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789211091809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2019 and 2020. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five UN regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization.
Explaining High Unemployment in ECCU Countries
Author: Ronald James
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2019-07-11
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1498318703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates several factors that could explain them, finding that high unit labor costs, in a context of strong unionization, are significantly associated with high structural unemployment, while the global crisis added a cyclical component. Our analysis also suggests that high-paid jobs in the public and tourism sectors, which have been growing considerably in recent decades, could have increased the reservation wage and lowered labor force participation. We find no indication that high structural unemployment is related to the phase out of EU preferences on bananas/sugar exports or to a skills mismatch. As expected, unemployment has been substantially, but only temporarily fueled by large natural disasters.
