书目名称 | Unemployment Dynamics in the United States and West Germany |
副标题 | Economic Restructuri |
编辑 | Markus Gangl |
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概述 | Includes supplementary material: |
丛书名称 | Contributions to Economics |
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描述 | In writing this book, I increasingly became aware of the extent to which much of the finest social science research has been devoted to the issue of unemployment. Unemployment rightly is a key issue in the social sciences for search of social and political answers to the economic, social and psychological distress caused by un certainty and macroeconomic change. I was glad to find my own worries shared by eminent and respected scholars: George Akerlof once confessed to pursue the study of unemployment ultimately because of his father‘s distress from fear of un employment, and Wout Ultee started research on unemployment from the consid eration that parents‘ talk about unemployment risks should not come to dominate marriage parties or other family occasions. The problem of unemployment is thus hardly confmed to actual loss of income, but one where economic insecurity be gins to undermine the very fabric of society. In consequence, to combat unem ployment should indeed be a foremost issue in societies striving for freedom and justice for their citizenry, yet to succeed obviously requires an understanding of the underlying economic realities. If this study could contribute to this |
出版日期 | Book 2003 |
关键词 | Cross-National Comparative Research; Economic Restructuring; Employment; Import; Job Loss; Job Security; L |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57334-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-7908-1533-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-57334-7Series ISSN 1431-1933 Series E-ISSN 2197-7178 |
issn_series | 1431-1933 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 |