Tackling Unemployment

Richard Layard
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Date: 1999
ISBN: 978-0-230-37920-6
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Why I am an Economist

Richard Layard

Ch 2 Introduction to Part I

Richard Layard

Ch 3 Wage Rigidity and Unemployment in OECD Countries (1983)

David Grubb and R. Jackman

Ch 4 The Labour Market (1987)

Stephen Nickell

Ch 5 On Vacancies (1989)

R. Jackman and Christopher Pissarides

Ch 6 Does Long-term Unemployment Reduce a Person’s Chance of a Job? (1991)

R. Jackman

Ch 7 Mismatch: A Framework for Thought (1990)

R. Jackman and S. Savouri

Ch 8 European versus US Unemployment: Different Responses to Increased Demand for Skill? (1997)

R. Jackman, M. Manacorda and Barbara Petrongolo

Ch 9 Why Does Unemployment Persist? (1989)

Charles Bean

Ch 10 Combating Unemployment: Is Flexibility Enough? (1996)

R. Jackman and Stephen Nickell

Ch 11 The Causes of Graduate Unemployment in India (1969)

M. Blaug and M. Woodhall

Ch 12 Unemployment in Britain: Causes and Cures (1981)

Richard Layard

Ch 13 Introduction to Part II

Richard Layard

Ch 14 Preventing Long-term Unemployment: An Economic Analysis (1997)

Richard Layard

Ch 15 Preventing Long-term Unemployment: Strategy and Costings (1997)

Richard Layard

Ch 16 The Efficiency Case for Long-run Labour Market Policies (1980)

R. Jackman

Ch 17 The Case for Subsidizing Extra Jobs (1980)

Stephen Nickell

Ch 18 Is Incomes Policy the Answer to Unemployment? (1982)

Richard Layard

Ch 19 The Real Effects of Tax-based Incomes Policies (1990)

R. Jackman

Ch 20 How to End Pay Leapfrogging (1990)

Richard Layard

Ch 21 Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment? (1990)

S. Nickell

Ch 22 Europe in 1984: The Case for Unsustainable Growth (1984)

G. Basevi, Olivier Blanchard, Willem Buiter and Rüdiger Dornbusch

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