Diagnosing Unemployment

This book presents what was learned from the author's vast experience of observing, diagnosing and analysing unemployment statistics.

List of contents

Preface; Prologue to the Federico Caffé Lectures 1990; Introduction; 1. Expert diagnosis; 2. Analysis and forecasting: their respective roles in mastering our destinies; 3. From statistics to projections; 4. Diagnosing unemployment trends; 5. The Beveridge curve; 6. Real wages and unemployment - a decade of analysis; 7. Profitability and factor demand under uncertainty.

Summary

An economic policy always relies on diagnosis about spontaneous trends and about the likely impact of alternative government decisions. During the last two decades the author devoted most of his time to observation and diagnosis and to the analysis of macroeconomic factors of unemployment. This book presents what was learned from this experience.

Product details

• Authors: Edmond Malinvaud, Malinvaud Edmond
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.1994
• EAN: 9780521445337
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44533-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 370 g
• Series: Federico Caffe Lectures; Federico Caffe Lectures
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; macroeconomics, Labour / income economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General