Leading scholars from across Europe discuss the question of unemployment in Europe, dealing with the theoretical and empirical evidence and assessing models of economic policy-making in this era of globalization. The relationships between unemployment, inequality and growth are discussed. East, Central and Western Europe are all covered.
Table of contents:
Introduction; ‘M.A. Landesmann and K.Pichelmann’
Distribution of Wages and Unemployment Across Skill Groups; ‘S.Nickell’
Employment, Growth and Income Inequality: Some Open Questions; ‘A.Simonazzi and P. Villa’
Flexibility of Working Time - A Viable Cure for Unemployment? Some Sceptical Remarks; ‘H. Walther’
Technological Change, Unemployment, and Recent Trends in Human Capital Formation - How the German Wage Structure Responded to these Impulses; ‘J.Möller’
Can Hysteresis Explain the Difference between Labour Market Performance in Western Europe and the U.S.A?; ‘W.Kösters & A.Belke’
The Crucial Importance of a High Labour Force Participation: The Dutch Experience and Lessons for Europe; ‘K.van Paridon’
Structural Employment Patterns and the Welfare Services Sector; ‘M.A.Landemann & K.Pichelmann’
Age-Specific Future Regional Labour Force Developments in the European Union; ‘L.Van der Lann’
Immigration, Trade, and Austrian Unemployment; ’R.Winter-Ebmer & J.Zweimüller’
Aggregate and Structural Aspects of Employment Growth: the Case of Italy; ‘E.Marelli’
The Analysis of Regional Unemployment Inequality: The Case of Switzerland; ‘A. de Coulon & Y.Fluckinger’
The Effects of Employment Policies for Youth in Southern Italy; ‘L.Frey’
Labour Market Experiences of the Long-term Unemployed in Finland in the Early 1990s; ’T.Santamäki-Vuori’
Restructuring by 'Firing and Retiring'. The Case of Slovenia; ‘J.Mencinger’
Employment Policies in Austria and Sweden - Two Successful Models in a Changing International Environment; ‘M.Marterbauer’
Table of contents:
Introduction; ‘M.A. Landesmann and K.Pichelmann’
Distribution of Wages and Unemployment Across Skill Groups; ‘S.Nickell’
Employment, Growth and Income Inequality: Some Open Questions; ‘A.Simonazzi and P. Villa’
Flexibility of Working Time - A Viable Cure for Unemployment? Some Sceptical Remarks; ‘H. Walther’
Technological Change, Unemployment, and Recent Trends in Human Capital Formation - How the German Wage Structure Responded to these Impulses; ‘J.Möller’
Can Hysteresis Explain the Difference between Labour Market Performance in Western Europe and the U.S.A?; ‘W.Kösters & A.Belke’
The Crucial Importance of a High Labour Force Participation: The Dutch Experience and Lessons for Europe; ‘K.van Paridon’
Structural Employment Patterns and the Welfare Services Sector; ‘M.A.Landemann & K.Pichelmann’
Age-Specific Future Regional Labour Force Developments in the European Union; ‘L.Van der Lann’
Immigration, Trade, and Austrian Unemployment; ’R.Winter-Ebmer & J.Zweimüller’
Aggregate and Structural Aspects of Employment Growth: the Case of Italy; ‘E.Marelli’
The Analysis of Regional Unemployment Inequality: The Case of Switzerland; ‘A. de Coulon & Y.Fluckinger’
The Effects of Employment Policies for Youth in Southern Italy; ‘L.Frey’
Labour Market Experiences of the Long-term Unemployed in Finland in the Early 1990s; ’T.Santamäki-Vuori’
Restructuring by 'Firing and Retiring'. The Case of Slovenia; ‘J.Mencinger’
Employment Policies in Austria and Sweden - Two Successful Models in a Changing International Environment; ‘M.Marterbauer’