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In many European countries, there has been a decline in the agricultural labour force, providing a major challenge for the rural economy and society. This book provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU"") project, supported by an EU research programme. The book provides: a statistical analysis of socio-economic characteristics of all EU regions; 18 in-depth case studies covering leading and lagging regions in 9 EU member states; a discussion of the theory of employment development in the rural regions; recommendations for encouraging rural employment.

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Author:   Ida Terluin (Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands) ,  Jaap Post (Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780851994994

ISBN 10:   0851994997
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   13 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Employment dynamics in leading and lagging rural regions, Ida J Terluin and Jaap H Post 2: Theoretical and methodological framework, Ida J Terluin 3: Statistical analysis of employment growth in rural regions of the EU, 1980-1995, Roberto Esposti, Frans E Godeschalk, Tuomas Kuhmonen, Jaap H Post, Franco Sotte and Ida J Terluin 4: Employment dynamics in two neighbouring rural regions of Belgium and France, Bruno Henry de Frahan, Pierre Dupraz and Beatrice Van Haeperen 5: German case studies, Heino von Meyer and Danielle Schrobiltgen 6: Employment dynamics in rural Greece: The case study regions of Korinthia and Fthiotis, Sophia Efstratoglou and Angelos Efstratoglou 7: Comparison of the Spanish case studies: Albacete and Zamora, Jordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Gemma Frances 8: Rural France: the case study regions of Les Alpes de Haute Provence and La Nievre, Jean-Pierre Bertrand and Bernard Roux 9: Comparison of the Italian case studies: Pesaro and Macerata, Roberto Esposti and Franco Sotte 10: Comparison of the Dutch case study regions: Drenthe and Groningen, Ida J Terluin, Jaap H Post and Anita J Wisselink 11: Employment in rural Austria: the case study regions Osttirol and Liezen, Franz Weiss 12: Rural employment in the Arctic fringe, Tuomas Kuhmonen and Olli Aulaskari 13: Lessons for employment creation in rural regions, Ida J Terluin, Jaap H Post, Heino von Meyer and Beatrice Van Haeperen I: This book is based on the results of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU) project, supported by an EU research programme.

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