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Global Skill Shortages
Malcolm S. Cohen, Mahmood A. Zaidi
As the world entered the twenty-first century, global skill shortages in many occupations were evident throughout the world. While these were mitigated by a global recession, there is no generally agreed upon method for measuring these s...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Education, Training and Employment Dynamics
Edited by Klaus Schömann, Philip J. O’Connell
Education and training are of critical importance to individual employment prospects. This book questions whether the policies that govern education, training and employment actually facilitate or inhibit social integration. The author...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economics of Health Care in Asia-Pacific Countries
Edited by Teh-Wei Hu, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
This book presents quantitative research on various aspects of health care reform and health policy in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US – nations diverse in their economic developmen...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Dynamics of Full Employment
Edited by Günther Schmid, Bernard Gazier
Persistent unemployment is recognised as one of the main mechanisms of social and political exclusion. The Dynamics of Full Employment provides a new and fresh approach to the question of full employment in contemporary society. It offer...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change
Edited by Hugh Mosley, Jacqueline O’Reilly
The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid. -
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The Social Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis
Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill
This volume presents a scholarly insider’s perspective on the Asian economic crisis, examining the social, economic and political consequences of the crisis in six influential Asian economies: Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines,...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Exclusion and European Policy
Edited by David G. Mayes, Jos Berghman, Robert Salais
The purpose of this book is to analyse one of the most pressing social problems of recent years, namely exclusion. The authors bring a richness of perspective, drawing on the experiences of eight European countries and a range of discipl... -
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The Global Market for Higher Education
Tim Mazzarol, Geoffrey N. Soutar
The authors of The Global Market for Higher Education discuss this industry from a strategic and services marketing perspective and suggest a model to explain how to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage. The book draws on more tha... -
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Globalisation and Social Development
Edited by Ludo Cuyvers
The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more speci...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work
Edited by Jordi Gual, Joan E. Ricart
New technologies, global markets and increased competitive pressures mean that companies are having to reinvent themselves, reappraise their competitive strategies and rethink the ways in which they organize business activities. This tim...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Labour Market Policy and Unemployment
Edited by Jaap de Koning, Hugh Mosley
This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies tha...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse
Edited by Michael Grossman, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, an...
