24%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Services and Employment: Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
Mary Gregory (Ed.)
€ 118.84
€ 90.10
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Services and Employment: Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
Hardback. Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? Drawing on the findings of a project that examined data from France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States, this work argues that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs. Editor(s): Gregory, Mary; Salverda, Weimer; Schettkat, Ronald. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 line illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in Services and Employment, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation. Drawing on the findings of a two-year research project that examined data from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these economists argue that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs. The jobs gap is actually a services gap. But, ... Read more
Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in Services and Employment, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation. Drawing on the findings of a two-year research project that examined data from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these economists argue that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs. The jobs gap is actually a services gap. But, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130866
SKU
V9780691130866
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Mary Gregory (Ed.)
Mary Gregory is Deputy Head of the Department of Economics, Fellow, and Tutor at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford. Wiemer Salverda is Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Ronald Schettkat is Professor of Economics at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. All three have published widely on labor economics.
Reviews for Services and Employment: Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
"The significance of this volume for public policy is that the authors' hypotheses offer a rebuttal to the more familiar explanations criticizing European labor laws and social service policies as the rationale for substantial changes in employment in the past few years."
Choice "[I]t becomes apparent from this book, which we would highly recommend reading, that the problem of contemporary developed ... Read more
Choice "[I]t becomes apparent from this book, which we would highly recommend reading, that the problem of contemporary developed ... Read more