The 1990s Slump: Causes and Cures

Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN NATIONAL EXPERIENCE - Employment and Unemployment; J.Llewellyn - Explaining Disparities in Unemployment Dynamics; M.Karanassou & D.J.Snower - Structural Unemployment and Labour Policies; L.Frey - PART 2: UNDERSTANDING UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE - Wage Distribution and Unemployment; J-P.Fitoussi & G.Zoega - German Reunification, Profit and Growth; L.Paganetto & P.L.Scandizzo - The Italian Crisis of the 1990s: European Convergence and Structural Adjustment; R.Bruenetta & L.Tronti - PART 3: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE 1990S SLUMP - Some Reflections on the Political Economy of Unemployment; A.Alesina & G.D.Cohen - Coordination and Independence in Monetary and Fiscal Policies; W.D.Nordhaus - Rejection of the Common Funnel Theorem - R.Mundell - The Role of Legislation and Labour Policies in Explaining Structural Unemployment; C.Dell'Aringa PART 4: ECONOMETRIC MODELS - How to Decrease Unemployment; O.J.Blanchard - The Role of Transfers and Monetary Reform in the Current Economic Slowdown; B.C.Greenwald - Do the Main Structural Forces of the 1970s and 1980s Account for the 1990s Slump as Well; E.S.Phelps & G.Zoega - PART 5: STRUCTURAL VERSUS MONETARY FACTORS - The UK Labour Market: Micro Rigidities and Macro Obstructions; P.Minford & J.Riley - Conclusions; E.S.Phelps - PART 7: ROUND TABLE: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM; R.A. Mundell, L.F.Sanglas, J-P.Fitoussi, J.Lleywellyn, G.M.Rey & P.Minford - Index