Unemployment in Western Countries: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Bischenberg, France

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Patterns of Unemployment in North America, Western Europe and Japan....Pages 3-35
On Certain International Aspects of Employment Policy....Pages 36-57
The Social Economy of Today’s Employment Problem in the Industrialised Countries....Pages 58-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
The Foundations of Free Trade Theory and their Implications for the Current World Recession....Pages 85-100
The Effects of Trade between the US and Developing Countries on US Employment....Pages 101-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Involuntary Unemployment*....Pages 141-172
Macroeconomic Rationing of Employment....Pages 173-205
Structure and Involuntary Unemployment....Pages 206-277
Unemployment and Inflation: Facts, Theories, Puzzles and Policies....Pages 278-320
Recent and Prospective Trends of the Demand for Labour in the Federal Republic of Germany: An ex-post Analysis and some Simulation Results with a Macro- and Linked-lndustry Model....Pages 321-381
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Wages and Job Availability in Segmented Labour Markets....Pages 385-419
Discrimination and Unemployment....Pages 420-442
New Attitudes to Work....Pages 443-468
Income Distribution and Labour Supply....Pages 469-495
Employment Sharing in Japan....Pages 496-529
Summing up the Conference....Pages 530-544
Back Matter....Pages 545-551