Economic policies and unemployment dynamics in Europe /

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.Description: vii, 216 pISBN:

1557755787 (recycled paper)

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DDC classification:

331.13'794 ECO

LOC classification:

HD5764.A6 E27 1996

Summary: This book, edited by S.G.B. Henry and Dennis J. Snower, examines the high unemployment that has plagued five European countries- France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom- for more than a decade. Its methodology focuses on the mechanisms that prevent employers and employees from adjusting promptly to changing market opportunities. Chief among these mechanisms are outdated economic structures, the power of labor unions, rising nonwage labor costs, and the disparity between unemployed workers and available jobs. Although cross-country differences indicate that there is no common cause for joblessness in Europe, the book discusses a unique characteristic of the European labor market- that unemployment not only rises during recessions, but does not fall when economic weaknesses are overcome.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	331.13'794 ECO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		31008100089594
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	331.13'794 ECO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		31008100089602

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This book, edited by S.G.B. Henry and Dennis J. Snower, examines the high unemployment that has plagued five European countries- France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom- for more than a decade. Its methodology focuses on the mechanisms that prevent employers and employees from adjusting promptly to changing market opportunities. Chief among these mechanisms are outdated economic structures, the power of labor unions, rising nonwage labor costs, and the disparity between unemployed workers and available jobs. Although cross-country differences indicate that there is no common cause for joblessness in Europe, the book discusses a unique characteristic of the European labor market- that unemployment not only rises during recessions, but does not fall when economic weaknesses are overcome.

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