Economics of employment and unemployment / / Manon C. Fournier and Chloe S. Mercier, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.109172/4
• Soggetto topico: Unemployment - Developing countries; Full employment policies - Developing countries; Manpower policy - Developing countries
• Altri autori: FournierManon C MercierChloe S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Economics of Employment and Unemployment -- Contents -- Preface -- Poverty, Deprivation and Social Exclusion: The Unemployed and the Working Poor -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Labour Market and New Poverty -- Data -- A Note on Methodology -- Marginalization on the Labour Market, Deprivation and Social Exclusion -- Measures of Social Policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Evidence on the Relationship Between Unemployment and Health -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Review Studies -- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies -- Adaptation to Unemployment -- Explanatory Variables -- References -- Spanish Unemployment and the Ladder Effect -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A Model for the Ladder Effect -- Data and Calibration -- Analysis of Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A -- Juvenile Delinquency and Its Forensic Considerations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Sociological Theories -- Psychobiological Theories -- Psychiatric Theories -- Public Health, Medicine and Psychology -- Delinquency and Conduct Disorder -- Need to Understand Adolescence -- Understanding Crime -- Evolution of Juvenile Justice System -- An Overview of the Incidence of Juvenile Delinquency -- Prevention -- References -- Wage and Employment in a Finance-Lead Economy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Post-Keynesian Models of Income Distribution and Financialization -- Financialization and Employment: A Model -- Conclusion -- References -- Annexes -- Employment, Occupational Disparities, and Wages in India: A Decomposition Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Wage Inequality - A Brief Review -- Database and Methodology -- Methodology -- Wage Differentials: Magnitudes - Patterns - Trends -- Occupational Disparity -- Earning Difference Due to Occupational Disparity -- Wage Gaps. ; Earning Differences: Trends and Components -- Earning Differences: Endowment vs. Discrimination -- Conclusion -- References -- Database -- Short- and Long-Run Effects of Productivity Shocks in an Intertemporal Model -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Stylized Facts -- A Model of the Short- and Long-Run Effects of Productivity Shocks -- The Econometric Methods and Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Unemployment Insurance: Factors Associated with Benefit Receipt -- Why GAO Did this Study -- What GAO Found -- Results in Brief -- Background -- Certain Characteristics Are Associated with UI Benefit Receipt and Unemployment Duration -- Certain Industries Are Associated with UI Benefit Receipt and Unemployment Duration -- Concluding Observations -- Agency Comments -- Appendix I: Analysis of UI Benefit Receipt and Unemployment Duration -- Results -- Limitations of the Analysis -- Bibliography -- References -- Appendix I -- Inflation, Unemployment, and Labor Force Change in European Countries -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Data Sources and the Model -- Austria -- France -- Conclusion -- References -- On the Linkages Between Monetary Policy, Inflation, Output and Unemployment in the Euro Zone -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Data and Methodology -- Empirical Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Inflation, Deflation and Employment: A Macrodynamic Approach -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Model 1: 2D Model of Short Run IS-LM Adjustment with Fixed Prices -- Model 2: 4D Model of Short Run IS-LM Adjustment with Flexible Prices -- Model 3: 5D Model of Long-Run Adjustment with Flexible Prices -- Applications to the Analysis of Japanese Economy -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Proof of Proposition 1 -- Appendix B: Proof of Proposition 2 -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Employment and unemployment disparities effect the livelihood of various developing countries. Such issues that will be discussed in this book include the job availability, type, sector of employment and job earnings of these societies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics of employment and unemployment
• ISBN: 1-60876-548-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970336203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II