Tackling Unemployment

Acknowledgements Why I am an Economist PART A: REASONS Introduction: Explaining Unemployment Wage Rigidity and Unemployment in OECD Countries The Performance of the British Labour Market On Vacancies Does Long-term Unemployment Reduce a Person's Chance of a Job? Mismatch: A Framework for Thought European Versus U.S. Unemployment: Different Responses to Increased Demand for Skill? Why Does Unemployment Persist? Combating Unemployment: is Flexibility Enough? The Causes of Graduate Unemployment in India PART B: REMEDIES Introduction: Policy Remedies for Unemployment Unemployment in Britain: Causes and Cures Preventing Long-Term Unemployment: An Economic Analysis Preventing Long-Term Unemployment: Strategy and Costings The Efficiency Case for Long-Run Labour Market Policies The Case for Subsidising Extra Jobs Is Incomes Policy the Answer to Unemployment ? The Real Effects of Tax-Based Incomes Policies How to End Pay Leapfrogging Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain Over Employment? Europe in 1948: The Case for Unsustainable Growth Appendix: Publications by Richard Layard Index