Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market

Why has unemployment fallen in some countries and not in others? This classic book is now re-issued with an updated introduction, which shows how well the analysis explains recent developments. The book is both a textbook and an original monograph in which the authors set out their analyticframework which has now become standard in some countries. The book both explains unemployment and shows how it can be reduced. It contains a long overview chapter which is accessible to any non-specialist with an elementary knowledge of economics.Layard, Richard is the author of 'Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market', published 1991 under ISBN 9780198284338 and ISBN 0198284330.