Industries in TroubleTextbook and teaching and training material on the problems of structural unemployment, redundancy in industries affected by a decline in demand - examines the case of selected industries in various OECD countries, and suggests possible adjustment assistance responses to the challenge of new inventions, production methods, technological change, competition, and patterms in the international division of labour. References. |
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What this book is about 372 21 | 3 |
Why unemployment? The economic background | 7 |
Structural unemployment | 21 |
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