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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
