The Problem of Youth


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The book covers the vocational training and employment of young workers in various European and North American advanced economies; the forms taken by regulation of youth economic activity and the effects of its deregulation; training systems, training policies and access to skilled work in various paired-country comparisons; and the links between trade unions and young workers in two country-specific case-studies.







New Developments in Worker Training


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Le travail ouvrier


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Le travail ouvrier s’est trouvé complètement transformé par le développement du machinisme. L’objectif de l’auteur est ici d’examiner et d’étudier les différentes techniques qui sont à la disposition de l’industrie étudier l’homme au travail. Il commence toutefois par revenir sur les critiques dispensées aux mouvements d’Organisation Scientifique du Travail (O.S.T.) que l’on a chargés de tous les méfaits du machinisme.




Technology and the Wealth of Nations


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The mass of information and stylized facts available on the economics of technical change and industrial innovation has grown immense. This abundance reflects the importance of these phenomena to the understanding of economic growth. This book attempts to distill this unwieldy quantity of information down to a few analytical principles that should enable the reader to understand the factors of technological competitiveness and the links between scientific and technical dynamics and the wealth of nations.










Social Europe Magazine


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