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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460820503321

Titolo

Spain : growth with Jobs / / International Labour Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Labour Office, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

92-2-129099-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in Growth with Equity

Disciplina

331.120946

Soggetti

Job creation - Spain

Manpower policy - Spain

Labor market - Spain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; BOXES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; 1. ECONOMIC AND LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE: SIGNS OF RECOVERY; INTRODUCTION; A.  MACROECONOMIC TRENDS: A REBOUND IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; Figure  1.1  Real GDP growth, Q1 2007 to Q1 2014; Figure 1.2 Contribution to GDP growth by main component; Figure 1.3  Share of exports to euro area and non-euro area countries; Figure 1.4 Contribution to export growth by type of product in 2013; Figure 1.5  Change in gross fixed capital formation as a percentage of GDP

Figure 1.6  Public deficit/surplus and debt as a share of GDPB.  LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE; Figure 1.7 GDP and employment growth in selected countries; Figure 1.8  Employment losses by sector; Figure 1.9  Dependent employment losses by type of contract; Figure 1.10  Share of long-term unemployment in total unemployment; Box 1.1  Poverty and inequality in Spain; Table 1.1 Labour market performance in Q2 2014; Figure 1.11 Percentage change in the total number of operating enterprises and self-employed workers; Figure 1.12 Growth rate of employment by industry activity in 2013

C. CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES; 2. PRODUCTIVITY AND



COMPETITIVENESS: TRENDS, DETERMINANTS AND POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD; INTRODUCTION; A.  FACTORS UNDERLYING THE TRENDS IN PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS; Box 2.1  Unit labour cost (ULC) and real effective exchange rate (REER):; Figure 2.1  Decomposition of changes in REER between 1999 and 2009; Figure 2.2  GDP growth by factor, 2007-2011; Figure 2.3  Growth rates of nominal wages in selected countries; Figure 2.4  Average growth rate of real wages by economic sector; Figure 2.5  ULC-based REER in selected countries, 2000-2014

B.  TIGHT CREDIT MARKETS: EFFECTS ON INVESTMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT Figure 2.6 Change in bank credit to non-financial corporations as a percentage of GDP in selected EU countries, 2003-2013; Figure 2.7 Interest rates on loans to non-financial corporations up to 0.25 million; Figure 2.8 Access to finance and employment in SMEs, 2009-2011; C.  FIRMS' DEMOGRAPHY AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; Figure 2.9 Enterprise creation; Figure 2.10 Survival rates at one and five years after firms' creation, 2009 and 2011; Figure 2.11 Employment growth in newly constituted enterprises, 2011

Box 2.2  The regulation of retail trade Box 2.3  The Spanish electricity sector; D.  POLICY CONSIDERATIONS; Box 2.4  Starting a business:; Table 2.1 Comparative performances between firms with and without PE and VC financing; Box 2.5  The role of PE and VC in determining companies' performances; Table 2.2 Policy response to improve SMEs' access to finance; Figure 2.12 Labour market effects of a decrease in bank loan interest rates; REFERENCES; 3. RE-ORIENTING LABOUR MARKET POLICIES FOR IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES; INTRODUCTION

A.  JOB QUALITY, POVERTY AND LABOUR MARKET POLARIZATION: A GROWING CONCERN

Sommario/riassunto

This report points to a number of areas where the Spanish Government and social partners could take action together to solidify recent gains and build a new path to more and better jobs.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816047003321

Autore

Lauderdale John Vance

Titolo

An army doctor on the western frontier : journals and letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890 / / edited and annotated by Robert M. Utley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8263-5455-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

355.00978

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)

Physicians - United States

West (U.S.) History, Military 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1: Fort Bridger, Utah, 1864-1866; 2: Fort Yuma, California, 1868-1869; 3: Camp Lowell, Arizona, 1869-1870; 4: Fort Yuma, California, 1870-1871; 5: Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1874-1875; 6: Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1876-1878; 7: Fort Sully, Dakota, 1882-1886; 8: Fort Clark, Texas, 1887-1888; 9: Fort Davis, Texas, 1888-1890; 10: Retirement and After; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This selection of Lauderdale's writings, edited and annotated by a premier historian of the American West, offers an insightful account of army life that will teach readers much about the settlement and growth of the West in a time of rapid change.