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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. Appraisal of the measures

    1. Matching people with jobs

      1. Improving the job finding process
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 194-200
      2. Building the confidence of the unemployed
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 201-212

    2. Using marginal subsidies

      1. Reducing wage cost by recruitment subsidy
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 213-223
      2. Awarding grants for increases in employment
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 224-233

    3. Organising business for employment

      1. Averting closure and redundancy
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 234-244
      2. Promoting and assisting new businesses
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 245-264

    4. Providing work in the community and public sector

      1. Finding work for the long-term unemployed
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 265-277
      2. Employing people directly in jobs in the public sector
        • Edwin Whiting
        Pages 278-284

  2. Comparisons and conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Summarising and comparing the various measures

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 287-296

    3. Reviewing the major issues

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 297-305

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 306-312
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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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