| Description |
xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Labour Market Flexibility and Economic Expansion / A. Bhaduri -- 2. The Causes of High Unemployment: Labour Market Sclerosis vs. Macroeconomic Policy / T. I. Palley -- 3. Capital Stock, Unemployment and Wages in Selected EMU Countries / P. Arestis, M. Baddeley & M. Sawyer -- 4. Deflation Risks in Germany and the EMU: The Role of Wages and Wage Bargaining / E. Hein, T. Schulten & A. Truger -- 5. The Influence of Unemployment, Productivity and Institutions on Real Wages Trends: The Case of Italy 1970-2000 / E. S. Levrero & A. Stirati -- 6. Unequal Fortunes, Unstable Households: Has Rising Inequality Contributed to Economic Troubles for Households in the US? / H. Boushey & C. Weller -- |
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7. The Effects of Economic Liberalisation on Income Distribution: A Panel Data Analysis / G. Angeles-Castro -- 8. Pensions and Distribution in an Aging Society: A Non-Conventional View / S. Cesaratto -- 9. Do Profits Affect Investment and Employment? An Empirical Test Based on the Bhaduri-Marglin Model / Ö. Onaran & E.Stockhammer -- 10. Bringing Class back to Cambridge: Class Conflict and the Cambridge Theory of Income Distribution / T. I. Palley -- 11. On the Dynamics of Profit and Wage-led Expansion: A Note / A. Bhaduri |
| Summary |
"This volume challenges the view that unemployment is exclusively determined by structural characteristics of the labour market and the social benefit system. Macroeconomic policies and investment in capital stock are included in the analysis and it is shown that they have a major role to play."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Labor supply.
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Wages.
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Income distribution.
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| Author |
Hein, Eckhard, 1963-
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Heise, Arne, 1960-
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Truger, Achim.
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| LC no. |
2005051392 |
| ISBN |
9781403949622 |
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140394962X cloth |
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