Unemployment in Europe

By an international forum of contributors, this is the result of a conference organized by the Department of Economics of the University of Limburg and the European Production Study Group. All aspects of labour market research were discussed relating them to the unemployment situation in Europe.

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Part 1 Labour supply: unemployment and female labour supply, R.Blundell et al; unemployment and labour market transition probabilities, J.Theeuwes; comment, D.Weiserbs. Part 2 Labour demand: a vintage model of labour demand by UK manufacturing, J.Ansar et al; employment and unemployment in the Netherlands, 1960-1984 - a putty-clay approach, J.Mysken and A.H.van Zon - comment, E.de Regt. Part 3 Interaction of supply and demand - unemployment and vacancies: unidentified floating unemployment (UFU) and the specification of the UV-curve, C.de Neubourg; labour hoarding and recorded unemployment in OECD countries, D.Bosworth and T.Westaway; the use of unemployment and vacancy data in analyzing unemployment, J.Taylor; comment, D.Heathfield. Part 4 Interaction of supply and demand - wage formation: wage flexibility and labour market, B.Compaijen and K.Springer; rigidities and employment in Belgium, A.Bayar et al; comment, P.de Gijsel. Part 5 Wage formation and trade unions: wage formation in a two-sector open economy, O.Raaum; trade unions, investment and employment in a small open economy, F.v.d.Ploeg and C.Mulder; comment, P.Keizer; Part 6 Macroeconmomic policy: unemployment and fiscal activism in a small open economy, J.Bradley; labour market flexibility - an analysis with the DMS model, L.Bloch; comment, F.Palm; Germany and the European disease, P.Minford and J.Davis; Keynesian policies for voluntary unemployment, W.Peterson - comment, V.Chick. Part 7 Microeconomic policy: job creation programmes in an international comparison, M.de Wachter and Y.Somers; unemployment in the European community - counting the costs, P.Junankar; comment, H.Maks.