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Guide to Unemployment Reduction Measures

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Edwin Whiting

    1. Manchester Business School, UK

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Objectives and scope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introducing the concepts

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 3-7

    3. Explaining the framework

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      Pages 8-15

    4. Defining unemployment

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 16-21

    5. Counting the costs

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 22-34

  3. Appraisal of the measures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Reducing the numbers of people needing paid work

      1. Retiring earlier
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 37-56
      2. Stopping work after retirement
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 57-67
      3. Substituting directly retired by unemployed
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 68-75
      4. Partially retiring
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 76-82
      5. Expanding education
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 83-99
      6. Providing more training
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 100-113

    3. Sharing the work

      1. Shortening the working week
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 114-122
      2. Shortening the working year
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 123-129
      3. Reducing overtime
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 130-146
      4. Fostering part-time employment
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 147-158
      5. Reorganising working patterns
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 159-166

    4. Matching people with jobs

      1. Bringing jobs to depressed areas
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 167-181
      2. Helping people in depressed areas to take jobs elsewhere
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 182-193
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Manchester Business School, UK

    Edwin Whiting

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Guide to Unemployment Reduction Measures

  • Authors: Edwin Whiting

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08621-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08621-4Published: 18 June 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 312

  • Topics: Labor Economics

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