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Unemployment in Open Economies
Pia Weiss
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Description for Unemployment in Open Economies
Paperback. This text studies how domestic labour markets are influenced by a changing international environment. It combines developed searches and matching models with standard models of international trade, so the reader can gain insights into the ongoing debate on how globalization can affect unemployment. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Globalisation is normally associated with expanded international trade in goods and services. In view ofhigh and persistent unemploymentin European countries during the last two decades opponents of globali- sation argue that increased import competition, particularly from low- wage countries,influences the domestic labour markets adversely. How- ever, the advocates of open markets stress that this is a misconception about the impact offoreign trade;their view is that the employment ef- fects depend to a large extent on the degree offlexibility ofthe domestic labour markets. This debate has induced Pia WeiB to examine the unemployment prob- lem in an open economy within a ... Read more
Globalisation is normally associated with expanded international trade in goods and services. In view ofhigh and persistent unemploymentin European countries during the last two decades opponents of globali- sation argue that increased import competition, particularly from low- wage countries,influences the domestic labour markets adversely. How- ever, the advocates of open markets stress that this is a misconception about the impact offoreign trade;their view is that the employment ef- fects depend to a large extent on the degree offlexibility ofthe domestic labour markets. This debate has induced Pia WeiB to examine the unemployment prob- lem in an open economy within a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540411611
SKU
V9783540411611
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