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On the Mysteries of Unemployment

Causes, Consequences and Policies

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Editors:
  1. C. H. A. Verhaar
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  2. Lammert-Gosse Jansma

    1. Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

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  3. Martijn P. M. Goede

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  4. Johan A. C. Ophem

    1. Department of Household & Consumer Studies, Agricultural University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  5. Arend Vries

    1. RBA-Friesland — Regional Board Labour Exchange-Friesland, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Studies in Operational Regional Science (SORS, volume 10)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Studies from the field of social sciences that primarily aim at contributing to science

    1. Unemployment and mental health in well- and poorly-educated school-leavers

      • W. B. Schaufeli
      Pages 253-271

    2. Unemployment and health Results from a two-year follow-up study

      • S. Sabroe, L. Iversen
      Pages 272-280

    3. Latent functions of employment: variations according to employment status and labour market

      • S. T. Evans, M. H. Banks
      Pages 281-295

    4. On the social impact of youth unemployment: political radicalization and a decline of the work ethic?

      • H. de Witte
      Pages 296-313

  2. Studies from both economics and social sciences that primarily focus on policies regarding the unemployment problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. The choice was ours

      • C. de Neubourg
      Pages 317-333

    3. The functioning of labour markets in welfare state capitalism Employment ratios, labour productivity and levels of prosperity in The Netherlands and 15 other OECD-countries

      • W. Visser
      Pages 334-357

    4. Long-term unemployment in Australia: problems of memory and measurement

      • P. N. Junankar, C. A. Kapuscinski
      Pages 358-382

    5. Forecasting regional differences in characteristics of the labour force

      • M. Vermeulen
      Pages 383-402

    6. Economic policy in a broader regional policy perspective

      • J. G. van Rijn
      Pages 403-418

    7. The effectiveness of a local government labour market policy The case of Groningen

      • R. Boin, J. van Dijk
      Pages 419-437

    8. Skill shortages and the re-training needs of the unemployed: a local labour market study

      • J. Lewis
      Pages 438-451

    9. The re-establishment of labour market equilibrium following a temporary employment scheme

      • L. Rosenthal
      Pages 452-463

    10. Can unemployment centres help the jobless? A case study based on the Arbeitslosenzentrum Hannover

      • A. Wacker
      Pages 464-481

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 482-501
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About this book

Since the beginning of the economic crisis of the 1980s considerable research has been dedicated to the study of the unemployment problem. Nevertheless, the phenomenon has not become fully understood, nor are its consequences adequately prevented. In this important new volume, On the Mysteries of Unemployment, economists and social scientists come together to offer the reader the latest insights on unemployment and policies regarding unemployment from the perspectives of both disciplines.
On the Mysteries of Unemployment contains four main sections. Part One provides an introductory chapter and general overview. Part Two contains rich contributions that provide new insights from an economic science perspective, while Part Three offers a balanced view from social scientists. The final section is devoted to the examination of policy issues concerning unemployment.
This volume, unique in its field, will be of interest to researchers, students, politicians and policy-makers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

    Lammert-Gosse Jansma

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Martijn P. M. Goede

  • Department of Household & Consumer Studies, Agricultural University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Johan A. C. Ophem

  • RBA-Friesland — Regional Board Labour Exchange-Friesland, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

    Arend Vries

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: On the Mysteries of Unemployment

  • Book Subtitle: Causes, Consequences and Policies

  • Editors: C. H. A. Verhaar, Lammert-Gosse Jansma, Martijn P. M. Goede, Johan A. C. Ophem, Arend Vries

  • Series Title: Studies in Operational Regional Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8080-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1976-4Published: 31 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4206-4Published: 16 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8080-9Published: 09 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4689

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 494

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Social Sciences, general

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