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Unemployment Dynamics in the United States and West Germany

Economic Restructuring, Institutions and Labor Market Processes

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Markus Gangl

    1. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung GmbH (WZB), Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Dynamics of unemployment, jobs and careers: a cross-national perspective

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 1-9

  3. Dynamic perspectives on labor markets and unemployment

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 11-49

  4. Statistical methodology

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 51-70

  5. Dynamics of employment and unemployment in the United States and West Germany

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 71-113

  6. Unemployment incidence: labor turnover in the United States and West Germany

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 115-147

  7. Unemployment duration and reemployment rates: a supply-side perspective

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 149-195

  8. Opportunity, choice and reemployment rates: two-sided search and vacancy levels

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 197-235

  9. Summary and conclusions

    • Markus Gangl
    Pages 237-250

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 251-292
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About this book

In writing this book, I increasingly became aware of the extent to which much of the finest social science research has been devoted to the issue of unemployment. Unemployment rightly is a key issue in the social sciences for search of social and political answers to the economic, social and psychological distress caused by un­ certainty and macroeconomic change. I was glad to find my own worries shared by eminent and respected scholars: George Akerlof once confessed to pursue the study of unemployment ultimately because of his father's distress from fear of un­ employment, and Wout Ultee started research on unemployment from the consid­ eration that parents' talk about unemployment risks should not come to dominate marriage parties or other family occasions. The problem of unemployment is thus hardly confmed to actual loss of income, but one where economic insecurity be­ gins to undermine the very fabric of society. In consequence, to combat unem­ ployment should indeed be a foremost issue in societies striving for freedom and justice for their citizenry, yet to succeed obviously requires an understanding of the underlying economic realities. If this study could contribute to this endeavor, all the time spent in writing would seem well spent indeed. Against the significant body of existing social science research on unemploy­ ment, it seems appropriate to be clear about the scope and limitations of the cur­ rent study, however.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung GmbH (WZB), Berlin, Germany

    Markus Gangl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unemployment Dynamics in the United States and West Germany

  • Book Subtitle: Economic Restructuring, Institutions and Labor Market Processes

  • Authors: Markus Gangl

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57334-7

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1533-7Published: 11 September 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57334-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Sociology, general, Microeconomics, Social Policy

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