An Overview of the Main Issues and the Role of Structural Change -- Structural Change and Labour Reallocation Across Regions: A Review of the Literature -- Organized Labour and Restructuring: Coal Mines in the Czech Republic and Romania -- New Evidence on Spatial Convergence -- Labour...

The book provides an up-to-date analytical and empirical treatment of some important interactions between paid and unpaid labour and the social economy. The emphasis on the motivations for paid and unpaid labour, and on how these factors contribute to efficiently providing social services, gives...

In this book leading European economists examine the current status of social pacts and their future. Particular focus is placed on the role of trade unions, and the positive role they can play for economic and social stability by agreeing to set wages on the basis of a target rate of inflation....

Presents the findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. This book provides a conceptual and empirical study of the interactions between the European economy and its regions, paying particular attention to the issue of the transition of Central and Eastern European countries...

This book includes empirical contributions focusing on disadvantaged workers. According to the European Commission’s definition, disadvantaged workers include categories of workers with difficulties entering the labour market without assistance and, hence, requiring the application of public...