The rise in unemployment

Fourteen papers presented at a conference on rising unemployment held at the White House Conference Centre, Chelwood Gate, Sussex, in May 1985. Specific topics include aggregate supply and demand factors in OECD unemployment; wage policies and adjustments; the divergence of unemployment rates; produ...

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Other Authors: Bean, C
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Blackwell 1986
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Summary:Fourteen papers presented at a conference on rising unemployment held at the White House Conference Centre, Chelwood Gate, Sussex, in May 1985. Specific topics include aggregate supply and demand factors in OECD unemployment; wage policies and adjustments; the divergence of unemployment rates; productivity; and industrial unemployment. Case studies are drawn from Australia; Austria; Belgium; Great Britain; Canada; the United States; France; West Germany; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; and Spain. Bean and Layard are at the London School of Economics. Nickell is at Nuffield College, Oxford. Author and subject indexes.