Understanding Unemployment : New Perspectives on Active Labour Market Policies

ISBN-13: 9780415078054 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 240 str.

E. McLaughlin; Eithne McLaughlin

Opis

In the late 1980s a consensus appeared to have emerged that a level of unemployment around 1.6 million was satisfactory. The subsequent rise in unemployment showed that this satisfaction was misplaced. The British economy remains an economy of unemployment, vulnerable to cyclical recession and large-scale job loss. Why this should be so, and what was wrong with policy towards unemployment and the labour market are the twin focuses of this book. Its emphasisis on the analysis of the structure of unemployment and through this the identification of responsible policies which could address unemployment. Understanding Unemployment includes contributions from economics, sociology, social policy, law, psychology and geography. It addresses such issues as the nature of labour supply and demand, employer recruitment practices, the effect of unemployment on individuals and families and the potential impact of European integration. Taken together, they offer new and positive perspectives on unemployment and on the nature of effective, active labour market policies."

Spis treści

Eithne McLaughlin, University of Belfast; Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge; Andrew Dilnot, Institute for Ficscal Studies; David Fryer, University of Stirling; Catherine Hakim, Richard Jackman, London School of Economics; Malcolm Maguire, Leicester University; Hilary Metcalf, Policy Sudies Unit; Christopher Pissarides, London School of Economics; Alan Townsend, University of Durham; Johnathan Wadsworth, London School of Economics; Michael White, Policy Studies Institute; Frank Wilkinson, University of Cambridge.

O autorze

Eithne McLaughlin