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The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets, Third Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 732

The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets, Third Edition

The leading textbook on imperfect labor markets and the institutions that affect them—now completely updated and expanded Today's labor markets are witnessing seismic changes brought on by such factors as rising self-employment, temporary employment, zero-hour contracts, and the growth of the sharing economy. This fully updated and revised third edition of The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets reflects these and other critical changes in imperfect labor markets, and it has been significantly expanded to discuss topics such as workplace safety, regulations on self-employment, and disability and absence from work. This new edition also features engaging case studies that illustrate key as...

The Simple(r) Algebra of Pension Plans
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 40

The Simple(r) Algebra of Pension Plans

Unless the real rate of interest exceeds the growth rate of real wages by a significant margin, payment of a reasonable pension rate requires a high contribution rate or a high active worklife ratio.

Managing a Nonrenewable Resource
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 53

Managing a Nonrenewable Resource

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Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 539

Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Annotation This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between globalisation and urban transformation. It identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern European cities and considers their pre-1945 historic legacies, the socialist period, and their contemporary transition towards market oriented and democratic systems. The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Cold War and the impact of globalisation and European integration, have reconfigured this r...

Railway Reform in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) Economics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 24
Slovenia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 506

Slovenia

Thirteen years after independence from the former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Slovenia has become one of the most advanced transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe and will become a member of the EU in May 2004. This publication examines the country's recent political and socio-economic history, its transition to a market economy and the challenges that lie ahead. It includes contributions from Slovenia's president, a former vice prime minister, the current and previous ministers of finance, the minister of European Affairs, the current and former governors of the Bank of Slovenia, as well as from leading development scholars in Slovenia and abroad.

Interest Rates, Growth and External Debt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 34
The Financial Economics of Privatization
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 533

The Financial Economics of Privatization

Since 1981, over 100 governments around the world have raised over $1 trillion through the sale of SOEs to private investors. Privatization programs have transformed the role of the state in virtually all-major economies, and have massively increased the capitalization and liquidity of all non-U.S. stock markets. The focus of this book lies on where privatization stands today and what are the next frontiers, the why and how behind countries who privatize certain industries, whether privatization works as an economic tool and important insights relevant to financial institutions such as how to value privatized industries, how share offerings differ from private offerings, and how countries go...

How Policy Changes Affected Cocoa Sectors in Sub-Saharan African Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 78

How Policy Changes Affected Cocoa Sectors in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Ghana's structural adjustment program was very beneficial to its cocoa sector. Although world cocoa prices fell as a result of Ghana's expansion, the decline was much less than that from production expansions by other major producers.