Employment Policy in Transition: The Lessons of German Integration for the Labor Market

by R.T. Riphahn and Regina Therese Riphahn

Book Overview

A historically unique experiment is about to enter its second decade - German unification. Early hopes for a rapid and smooth economic transformation soon turned out to be overly optimistic. Despite massive financial transfers, the political promise of a "blooming landscape" remains a vision. Actual developments have left deep scars on the labor market, and the effects will be felt for decades to come. Was this outcome to be expected, perhaps even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540411666
• ISBN13: 9783540411666
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"