"Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and …
"This book studies the strategic interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the world economy. The world economy consists of two regions, say Europe and America. The policy makers are the central banks and the governments. The policy targets are low inflation, low unem…
How did the sharpest global slowdown in more than six decades happen, and how can recovery be made sustainable? This publication traces the causes, course and consequences of the "Great Recession". It explains how a global buildup of liquidity, coupled with poor regulation, crea…
Applying modern econometrics to 1989-1998 survey data collected in Taganrog, finds that gender segregation is quite common - contrary to the notorious claim that, since the existence of the Soviet Union, men and women enjoy equal rights and that manual workers are favoured over …
In this innovative study radical unemployment policies from Germany, France, Italy, Britain, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the EU are laid out and evaluated with respect to their political acceptability in order to determine under what conditions they would receive a s…
Covers the period from 1989 to 1996.
Covers the period from 1989 to 1996.
Krugman pursues the questions of how bad the "Great Recession" really is, how we got stuck in what can now be called a depression and, above all, how we can free ourselves.
Krugman pursues the questions of how bad the "Great Recession" really is, how we got stuck in what can now be called a depression and, above all, how we can free ourselves.
"Companies are increasingly asking which of their value chain activities are best performed within their own company and which may be outsourced. In addition, they are also considering which pieces of their value chain may be better performed abroad. These interrelated decisions…
A term specifically found in European politics, social concertation refers to cooperation between trade unions, governments and employers in public policy-making. Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in the con…
La crisi che stiamo vivendo è stata sovente rappresentata come un fenomeno naturale imprevedibile: un terremoto, uno tsunami. Oppure come un incidente capitato a un sistema, quello finanziario, che di per sé funzionava perfettamente. In realtà è stata il risultato di una rispost…
Comprises a collection of papers on a wide range of subjects related to globalization and the roles of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Dresse l'état actuel des connaissances sur le chômage et fait le point des recherches sociologiques sur ce phénomène social sensible au travers d'interrogations variées concernant les organisations et la bureaucratie, les politiques publiques et l'action administrative, etc.
Based on survey data gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau and related agencies, and on 82 interviews conducted with employers, workers, unions, and other labour organizations during 1987 and 1988. Covers trends from 1969 to 1994.
