Employment 'Miracles': A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish Cases versus Germany and the US (Changing Welfare States) - Softcover

 
9789053567555: Employment 'Miracles': A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish Cases versus Germany and the US (Changing Welfare States)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9053567550 ISBN 13: 9789053567555
Verlag: Routledge, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

The employment 'miracles' of the late 20th and early 21st century in Australia and smaller European countries like the Netherlands and Denmark have usually been considered the result of macro-economic policy and corporatist negotiations that lead to wage restraint, increased exports, and eventually more jobs. This book shows that accidental circumstances have been just as important as deliberate policies. Particularly striking is the strong correspondence of the housing price bubble-induced wealth effect and related surges in mortgage-financed consumption to the positive economic development and increased employment in most of these 'miracles' - a correspondence that also characterises recent US economic development. The Finnish, Irish, and Swedish upsurge is furthermore, similar to the one in the US, due to innovative policy. Wage restraint, so central to the discussion of 'new social pacts', did not make a difference. The same is true for welfare cuts and labour market flexibilisation, which are always touted as required for maintaining competitiveness. In fact, and in spite of some welfare cuts and reforms, the corporatist miracle countries, particularly the Scandinavian ones, still feature a number of elements of a social alternative to the dominant liberal prescription for employment growth.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Uwe Becker is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-ordinator of an international research project on the socio-economic develop[1]ment of European corporatist countries.

Herman Schwartz is Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and director of the Graduate Studies Department of Politics.

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Aus dem Klappentext

Why did some economies experience a boom in the 1990s? Employment Miracles comparatively analyses select miracle economies. The contributors to the volume critically analyze how the small size and institutional structure of seven countries like the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland accounted for their success and status as economic models. Comparisons with the American and German markets reveal how differing policies - liberal versus corporatist/social democratic - determine job growth and levels of income inequality and poverty. The book also stresses the explanatory relevance of lucky circumstances such as the housing price bubble. Employment Miracles is an important resource for political scientists and economists in their study of employment development.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9053567550
ISBN 13 
9789053567555
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Herausgeber
Becker Uwe, Schwartz Herman
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