Including contributions from some of the world's most respected economists, this volume examines the performance of the European labour market compared to the US market and the countries in Europe that might represent a best and worst practice, and offers "an economists' manifesto for employment".

Including contributions from some of the world's most respected economists, How to Reduce Unemployment in Europe examines the performance of the European labour market compared to the US market and to the countries in Europe that might represent a best and worst practice, and offers 'An Economists' Manifesto for Employment'.

PART ONE: EUROPE: A PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYMENT - What does An Economists' Manifesto Contain?
B.Moro - The Manifesto's Underlying Concept
M.Baldassarri - Unemployment Can and Must be Defeated
F.Modigliani - Construction: A Driving Sector
J.Dreze - PART TWO: TWO VOICES FROM AMERICA - Is There Anything to Learn From US Experience?
R.M.Solow - Industrial Flexibility and European Unemployment
L.C.Thurow - PART THREE: A EUROPEAN SUCCESS: THE CASE OF IRELAND - Ireland's Recipe
M.Harney - PART FOUR: ITALY: TRADE UNIONS AND ENTREPRENEURS - CGIL's Opinion
S.Cofferati - CISL's Opinion
S.D'Antonio - Confindustria's Opinion
G.Fossa - An Entrepreneur's Experience
G.Squinzi - PART FIVE: ITALY: THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - Investments and the Role of the Public Administration
F.Barca - PART SIX: A MANIFESTO FOR EMPLOYMENT - An Economist's Manifesto on Unemployment in the European Union
F.Modigliani, J.P.Fitoussi, B.Moro, D.Snower, R.Solow, A.Steinherr &
P.S.Labini