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Human Resources, Employment and Development

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Paul Streeten
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  2. Harry Maier
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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Human Resources: Concepts and Measurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-7
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    2. Human Resources: Are they Worth Preserving?

      • Wilfred Beckerman
      Pages 8-28

    3. Lifetime Income and Human Capital

      • Dale W. Jorgenson, Alvaro Pachon
      Pages 29-90

    4. Towards a Linear Model of Non-homogeneous Labour

      • L. Filippini, J. Scanlon, E. Tarantelli
      Pages 91-105

    5. Understanding Unemployment in Developed Industrial Economies

      • Michael J. Piore
      Pages 106-116

    6. The Political Economy of Investment in Human Capital

      • Irma Adelman, Jairus M. Hihn
      Pages 117-146

    7. Unemployment and Economic Development

      • A. Berry, R. H. Sabot
      Pages 147-166

    8. Human Resources and Population Growth

      • Mark Perlman
      Pages 167-180

    9. Nutrition, Health and Education: The Economic Significance of Complementarities at Early Ages

      • Marcelo Selowsky
      Pages 181-197

    10. The Whys and Wherefores of Human Resources

      • J. L. Nicholson
      Pages 198-208

    11. Work and Welfare

      • Frances Stewart
      Pages 209-226

  3. Human Resources: Long-run Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-234
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    2. Population and the Struggle for the World Product

      • Nathan Keyfitz
      Pages 235-252

    3. Innovation and the Better Use of Human Resources

      • H. Maier
      Pages 253-288

    4. Problems of Labour Utilisation in the Long Term

      • Sofia Mendez
      Pages 289-294

    5. Human Resources and Social Policy

      • Hans Peter Widmaier
      Pages 295-309

    6. Raising Employment and Productivity with Producer Co-operatives

      • Henry M. Levin
      Pages 310-328

    7. From the Human-capital Approach to a Political Economy of Human Resources

      • W. Clement
      Pages 329-344

    8. Human Resources and Technology

      • H. H. Rosenbrock
      Pages 345-354
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Resources, Employment and Development

  • Editors: Paul Streeten, Harry Maier

  • Series Title: International Economic Association Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17203-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1983

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-32734-0Published: 20 October 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-17203-0Published: 20 October 1983

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 481

  • Topics: Labor Economics

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