Tackling unemployment

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Layard P. R. G (P. Richard G.)
Published: St. Martin's Press,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 1999.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xii, 543 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0312215770 (cloth)
0333722329 (cloth)
Index Number: F249
CLC: F249.561.14
Call Number: F249.561.14/L426
Contents: "Richard Layard's publications": p. 515-523.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why I am an economist -- Introduction to part I -- Wage rigidity and unemployment in OECD countries -- The labour market -- On vacancies -- Does long-term unemployment reduce a person's chance of a job? -- Mismatch: a framework for thought -- European versus US unemployment: different responses to increased demand for skill? -- Why does unemployment persist? -- Combating unemployment: is flexibility enough? -- The causes of graduate unemployment in India -- Unemployment in Britain: causes and cures -- Introduction to part ii -- Preventing long-term unemployment: an economic analysis -- Preve