Mismatch and Labour Mobility

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Summary

The volume also includes a cross-country study of skills mismatch in relation to the effectiveness of training programmes.

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List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of conference participants
1. A cross-country comparison of sectoral mismatch in the 1980s Fiorella Padoa Schioppa
2. Mismatch: a framework for thought R. Jackman, R. Layard and S. Savouri
Discussion Sherwin Rosen
3. Match and mismatch on the German labour market Wolfgang Franz
Discussion Renato Brunetta
4. Mismatch in Japan Giorgio Brunello
Discussion Sushil Wadhwani
5. Mismatch and internal migration in Spain, 1962-86 Samuel Bentolila and Juan J. Dolado
Discussion Nicola Rossi
6. Regional inequalities, migration and mismatch in Italy, 1960-86 Orazio P. Attanasio and Fiorella Padoa Schioppa
Discussion Giuseppe Bertola
7. Skill shortages and structural unemployment in Britain: a (mis)matching approach Charles R. Bean and Christopher A. Pissarides
Discussion Ugo Trivellato
8. Labour market tightness and the mismatch between demand and supply of les-educated young men in the United States in the 1980s Richard B. Freeman
Discussion Michael Burda
9. Skill mismatch, training systems and equilibrium unemployment: a comparative institutional analysis David Soskice
Discussion Leonardo Felli
10. Unemployment, vacancies and labour market programmes: Swedish evidence Per-Anders Edin and Bertil Holmlund
Discussion Dennis J. Snower
11. Mismatch and labour mobility: some final remarks Katharine G. Abraham
Index.