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Unemployment in Western Countries

Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Bischenberg, France

  • Editors
  • Edmond Malinvaud
  • Jean-Paul Fitoussi
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Part of the International Economic Association Publications book series (IEA)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Unemployment Problem

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Patterns of Unemployment in North America, Western Europe and Japan
      Roger T. Kaufman
      Pages 3-35
    3. On Certain International Aspects of Employment Policy
      T. Timofeev
      Pages 36-57
    4. The Social Economy of Today’s Employment Problem in the Industrialised Countries
      Louis Emmerij
      Pages 58-82

  3. International Trade and Unemployment

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Foundations of Free Trade Theory and their Implications for the Current World Recession
      Nicholas Kaldor
      Pages 85-100
    3. The Effects of Trade between the US and Developing Countries on US Employment
      Errol Grinols, Erik Thorbecke
      Pages 101-138

  4. Macroeconomic Analysis

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 139-139
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    2. Involuntary Unemployment*
      A. G. Hines
      Pages 141-172
    3. Macroeconomic Rationing of Employment
      E. Malinvaud
      Pages 173-205
    4. Structure and Involuntary Unemployment
      Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
      Pages 206-277
    5. Unemployment and Inflation: Facts, Theories, Puzzles and Policies
      Michael Parkin
      Pages 278-320
    6. Recent and Prospective Trends of the Demand for Labour in the Federal Republic of Germany: An ex-post Analysis and some Simulation Results with a Macro- and Linked-lndustry Model
      Christoph Koellreuter
      Pages 321-381

  5. The Labour Market

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 383-383
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    2. Wages and Job Availability in Segmented Labour Markets
      Charles C. Holt
      Pages 385-419
    3. Discrimination and Unemployment
      Barbara R. Bergmann
      Pages 420-442
    4. New Attitudes to Work
      B Södersten
      Pages 443-468
    5. Income Distribution and Labour Supply
      Luigi Frey
      Pages 469-495
    6. Employment Sharing in Japan
      Konosuke Odaka
      Pages 496-529
    7. Summing up the Conference
      Edmond Malinvaud, Jean-Paul Fitoussi
      Pages 530-544
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 545-551
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Keywords

economics employment labor unemployment

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