Understanding unemployment : new perspectives on active labour market policies / / edited by Eithne McLaughlin

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.13; 331.137941
• Soggetto topico: Unemployment - Great Britain; Full employment policies - Great Britain
• Altri autori: McLaughlinEithne <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; UNDERSTANDING UNEMPLOYMENT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 TOWARDS ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES: AN OVERVIEW; 2 LABOUR SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE NINETIES; 3 AN ECONOMY OF UNEMPLOYMENT?; 4 UNEMPLOYMENT RISKS; 5 THE ROLE OF EMPLOYERS IN THE LABOUR MARKET; 6 PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MATERIAL DEPRIVATION: WHY DOES UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES?; 7 SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOUR MARKET POLICY; 8 UNEMPLOYMENT, MARGINAL WORK AND THE BLACK ECONOMY; 9 HIDDEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET ; 10 REGIONAL AND LOCAL DIFFERENTIALS IN LABOUR DEMAND11 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR UK POLICIES ON LABOUR SUPPLY ANDDEMAND; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book argues that unemployment is symptomatic of an inherently inefficient labour market founded on structured inequalities of locality, sex, race and age. It provides a multidisciplinary explanation of why unemployment has been a continuing crisis, suitable for students in many disciplines.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding unemployment
• ISBN: 1-134-89953-X; 0-203-30996-0; 1-280-33015-5; 0-203-06145-4; 1-134-89954-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810061603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II