Comments on: Spain hits 4 million unemployed http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/spain-hits-4-million-unemployed/ Phd student shares ideas about Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship and Local Development Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: carlos9900 http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/spain-hits-4-million-unemployed/#comment-104 carlos9900 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:35:05 +0000 http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-104 Thanks Jim. That article you share has an interesting point of view. But I think the author it's a little bit confused, the flexicurity concept it's not applied in all Europe (if only). I think it's only carried out in Scandinavia. The article, though, makes a distinction between the Northern and Southern Europe. It would also be important to notice the unemployment rates http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=teilm020&tableSelection=1&plugin=1 with f.e. Denmark 5.5% and Spain 18.1% (April 2009) In the case of Spain it's hard to hire/fire (actually there are 2 type of contracts: permanent and temp, and temp is easy and the other quite hard, that makes 2 class workers, usually being the young the ones taking the bullet). Concerning government support for the unemployed it's not only about giving them money, which this is done more or less all over Europe, the point of the flexicurity, is that the government will do as much as possible to find you a job. If you get money, you still have to perform some working tasks (supposed to be actively engaged looking for a job), different from Southern Europe. Thanks Jim. That article you share has an interesting point of view. But I think the author it’s a little bit confused, the flexicurity concept it’s not applied in all Europe (if only). I think it’s only carried out in Scandinavia. The article, though, makes a distinction between the Northern and Southern Europe. It would also be important to notice the unemployment rates http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=teilm020&tableSelection=1&plugin=1 with f.e. Denmark 5.5% and Spain 18.1% (April 2009) In the case of Spain it’s hard to hire/fire (actually there are 2 type of contracts: permanent and temp, and temp is easy and the other quite hard, that makes 2 class workers, usually being the young the ones taking the bullet). Concerning government support for the unemployed it’s not only about giving them money, which this is done more or less all over Europe, the point of the flexicurity, is that the government will do as much as possible to find you a job. If you get money, you still have to perform some working tasks (supposed to be actively engaged looking for a job), different from Southern Europe.

]]> By: Jim Tressor http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/spain-hits-4-million-unemployed/#comment-103 Jim Tressor Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:32:39 +0000 http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-103 Perhaps the government model of flexicurity could be behind unemployment. Check out this article: http://www.mindreign.com/en/mindshare/Global-Economics/Flexicurity-and-European-Unemployment/sl35291137bp292cpp10pn1.html Perhaps the government model of flexicurity could be behind unemployment. Check out this article:

http://www.mindreign.com/en/mindshare/Global-Economics/Flexicurity-and-European-Unemployment/sl35291137bp292cpp10pn1.html

]]> By: JLTP http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/spain-hits-4-million-unemployed/#comment-89 JLTP Mon, 04 May 2009 00:30:40 +0000 http://carlos9900.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-89 Hi, nice post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing. I'll certainly be coming back to your site. Hi, nice post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing. I’ll certainly be coming back to your site.

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