Reconnecting to work : policies to mitigate long-term unemployment and its consequences / Lauren D. Appelbaum, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appelbaum, Lauren D.

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor policy--United States--Congresses.

Labor policy.

Unemployment--United States--Congresses.

Unemployment.

Full employment policies--United States--Congresses.

Full employment policies.

Recessions--United States--Congresses.

Recessions.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 179 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection of essays explores topics in unemployment, labor-market volatility, public health, and possible responses. They are written by attendees of the 2011 Reconnecting To Work conference. Richard Freeman (economics, Harvard U.) writes a forward that uses the work of Dr. Seuss as a literary device for telling a story about the financial crisis and the more ongoing fact of unemployment. His narration suggests the stakes of the essays to come, among which is economic growth. Specific essay topics include an examination of German and Danish labor-market resilience, the relationship between unemployment and mental health, cooperative work-models from the Netherlands and other work-sharing. The contributors are professors and researchers, from Europe and the United States, of economics, labor-markets, and social and urban policy. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Foreword: What Happened to Shared Prosperity and Full Employment and How to Get Them Back: A Seussian Perspective / Richard B. Freeman

1. Introduction / Lauren D. Appelbaum

2. Job Displacements in Recessions: An Overview of Long-Term Consequences and Policy Options / Till von Wachter

3. Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Lessons from Denmark and Germany / John Schmitt

4. Causality in the Relationship between Mental Health and Unemployment / Timothy M. Diette, Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity Jr.

5. Work Together to Let Everyone Work / Hilbrand Oldenhuis and Louis Polstra

6. Stabilizing Employment : The Role of Short-Time Compensation / Vera Brusentsev and Wayne Vroman

7. Labor Market Measures in the Crisis and the Convergence of Social Models / Michele Tiraboschi and Silvia Spattini.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held on Apr. 1-2, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Reconnecting to work.

ISBN:

9780880994095

0880994096

Publisher Number:

99962930505

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.