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The role of unions in the Twenty-first century : a report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti
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ISBN: 0199246580 0199246572 0191596000 1281944173 0191529885 9786611944179 9780191529887 9780199246588 9780199246571 6611944176 9781281944177 Year: 2001 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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Focusing on the role and functions of trade unions, this collection of essays by a team of international scholars looks to the future and explores their broader political and social remits and responsibilities.

Structural reforms without prejudices
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ISBN: 9780199203628 0199203628 Year: 2006 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

Welfare and employment in a united Europe
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ISBN: 0262268388 1423725166 9780262268387 9781423725169 9780262024839 0262024837 0262024837 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press

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Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies--each written by a group of economists working in four different countries of the European Union--followed by commentary.Over the last twenty years, fifteen Western European nations have removed most barriers to trade and migration, as well as most forms of national discrimination in economic and social exchange. Some have also given up their national currency and their ability to conduct independent monetary and fiscal policy. Opinion on the future of structural reform in the European Union tends to fall into two camps. One side argues that the single market and monetary union will make it more difficult to carry out badly needed structural reforms. The other side contends that, as monetary policy is decided elsewhere, countries will have more resources to concentrate on structural concerns.Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies--each written by a group of economists working in four different countries of the European Union--followed by commentary. The first study suggests that social reform can be achieved without strengthening European Union institutions and should entail limited international redistribution. The second suggests that, although liberalization of product and labor markets offers substantial benefits, there is no guarantee that the European Monetary Union will result in fewer product market restrictions or less employment protection.ContributorsCharles Bean, Giuseppe Bertola, Olivier Blanchard, Tito Boeri, Gsta Esping-Andersen, Robert Haffner, Juan Jimeno, Ramon Marimon, Steve Nickell, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Christopher Pissarides, Andre Sapir, Stefano Scarpetta, Gylfi Zoega


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Executive remuneration and employee performance-related pay : a transatlantic perspective.
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ISBN: 9780199669806 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

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Structural reforms without prejudices
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ISBN: 1435621077 9786610904303 0191525316 1280904305 Year: 2006 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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Our economies face constant challenges from many different directions. Structural reforms are implemented every day, either to grasp the benefits of globalization and technological change, or to avoid foundering on unaffordable welfare systems or the rise of new economies.Despite this flurry of reforms, many of their effects are insufficiently understood. What makes reforms a success or a failure? Why do we witness systematically ambivalent attitudes to reforms? Can governments implement reforms differently, without inflicting prejudice to large fringes of the population?This book explores the


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Education and training in Europe
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ISBN: 1281160741 9786611160746 0191526258 1429492872 Year: 2007 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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While Europe is certainly one of the richest and most educated areas of the world, some of the challenges faced by the old continent are staggering: low economic growth, structural difficulties in the labour market, and increasing international competition. Politicians and policymakers may advocate different means of overcoming the potential economic decline of Europe, but most agree that Europe needs to strengthen human capital, its ultimate competitive advantage in the worldeconomy.This book looks at the accumulation of human capital from two perspectives, first through formal education and

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Human capital --- Education --- Training

The ICT revolution : productivity differences and the digital divide : a report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti
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ISBN: 0199270104 0199270112 Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,


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Ageing, health, and productivity : the economics of increased life expectancy
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ISBN: 0191036935 Year: 2010 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Increase in life expectancy is arguably the most remarkable by-product of modern economic growth. In the last 30 years we have gained roughly 2.5 years of longevity every decade, both in Europe and the United States. This book looks closely at the challenges to the economy that this increase brings.


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Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA : are Europeans lazy? or Americans crazy
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ISBN: 9780191710834 0191710830 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Why do Europeans work so little compared to Americans? Can they be induced to work more without reducing labour productivity? This volume explores these questions and more in order to understand the changing nature of the hours worked in the USA and EU, as well as the effects of policies that impose working hour restrictions.

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