Full Employment in Europe: Managing Labour Market Transitions and Risks

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Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2008 - Political Science - 385 pages
The book is without doubt a must-read reflection on the notion of full employment and a source of inspiration for the establishing of the knowledge-based economy that is such an aspiration for Europeans.
 

Contents

How full can full employment be?
1
How far away are we from the Lisbon goals?
42
Is jobless growth on the horizon?
72
Is the Lisbon strategy on the right track?
121
Bridges or traps?
165
In the past the future always seems better?
213
Are there any limits to privatisation?
242
Can flexibility and security be married?
281
Bibliography
329
Index
367
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Günther Schmid, Director of the Research Unit on Labour Market Policy and Employment, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and Professor Emeritus of Political Economics, Free University of Berlin, Germany

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