Employment 'Miracles' : A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish Cases versus Germany and the US /

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Why did some economies experience a boom in the 1990s? Discussing this crucial question, Employment 'Miracles' comparatively analyzes select "miracle" economies. The contributors critically analyze how the small sizes and institutional structures of seven countries-including the...

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Otros Autores: Becker, Uwe (Contribuidor, Editor ), Daly, Mary (Contribuidor), Green-Pedersen, Christoffer (Contribuidor), Kiander, Jaakko (Contribuidor), Lindbom, Anders (Contribuidor), Martin, Cathie Jo (Contribuidor), Merrien, François Xavier (Contribuidor), Salverda, Wiemer (Contribuidor), Schwartz, Herman (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2005]
Colección:Changing Welfare States ; 5
Temas:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction:Miracles,Mirages and Markets
  • 2. The Dutch Model:Magic in a Flat Landscape?
  • 3. Employment and Unemployment in Denmark and Sweden: Success or Failure for the Universal Welfare Model?
  • 4. The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990s: From Depression to High-Tech Boom
  • 5. The Swiss Miracle: Low growth and high employment
  • 6. Recasting the Story of Ireland's Miracle:Policy,Politics or Profit?
  • 7. The Australian Miracle:Luck,Pluck or Being Stuck Down Under?
  • 8. Last Year's Model? Reflections on the American model of employment growth
  • 9. The German Contrast.On Bad Comparisons,Special Circumstances,Luck and Policies That Turned Out to Be Wrong
  • 10. Conclusion:the Importance of Lucky Circumstances,and Still the Liberal-Social Democratic Divide
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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