A Guide to Unemployment Reduction Measures

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introducing the concepts....Pages 3-7
Explaining the framework....Pages 8-15
Defining unemployment....Pages 16-21
Counting the costs....Pages 22-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Retiring earlier....Pages 37-56
Stopping work after retirement....Pages 57-67
Substituting directly retired by unemployed....Pages 68-75
Partially retiring....Pages 76-82
Expanding education....Pages 83-99
Providing more training....Pages 100-113
Shortening the working week....Pages 114-122
Shortening the working year....Pages 123-129
Reducing overtime....Pages 130-146
Fostering part-time employment....Pages 147-158
Reorganising working patterns....Pages 159-166
Bringing jobs to depressed areas....Pages 167-181
Helping people in depressed areas to take jobs elsewhere....Pages 182-193
Improving the job finding process....Pages 194-200
Building the confidence of the unemployed....Pages 201-212
Reducing wage cost by recruitment subsidy....Pages 213-223
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Awarding grants for increases in employment....Pages 224-233
Averting closure and redundancy....Pages 234-244
Promoting and assisting new businesses....Pages 245-264
Finding work for the long-term unemployed....Pages 265-277
Employing people directly in jobs in the public sector....Pages 278-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Summarising and comparing the various measures....Pages 287-296
Reviewing the major issues....Pages 297-305
Back Matter....Pages 306-312