Labor Markets and Social Security Issues and Policy Options in the U.S. and Europe
John T. Addison and Paul J. J. Welfens Because inflation seems moribund in OECD countries, stubborn unemployment became the top policy priority of the 1990s. Unemployment has increased in many countries, reaching critical levels for unskilled and young workers in most continental EU countries. Europ...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2004 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A. International Trade and the Position of European Low Skilled Labour
- B. EU Enlargement, Migration and the Labour Market: A Tentative Assessment
- C. Structural Unemployment in Europe: A Bird’s-Eye View
- D. Alternative Subsidies for Low-Wage Employment
- E. Short- and Long-Term Unemployment: A Discrete Duration Model with Time-Varying Covariate Effects
- F. Sectoral Employment Elasticities in Germany
- G. New Firms and Creating Employment
- H. Job Creation in the European Information Society
- I. Maastricht — Implications of a Centralized Monetary and Currency Policy for Employment in Europe
- J. Towards Full Employment and Growth in the European Union
- K. Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Federation
- L. Employment and Wage Effects of Social Security Financing — An Empirical Analysis of the West German Experience and Some Policy Simulations
- M. Economic Effects of Continuous Training
- N. Social Security Reforms in Europe
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors