Social protection versus economic flexibility : is there a trade-off? /

As the Clinton administration considers major overhauls in health insurance, welfare, and labor market regulation, it is important for economists and policymakers to understand the impact of social and welfare programs on employment rates. This volume explores how programs such as social security, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Blank, Rebecca M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1994.
Colección:NBER Comparative labor markets series.
Temas:
Social security > Congresses.
Labor market > Congresses.
Sécurité sociale > Congrès.
Marché du travail > Congrès.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Labor market
Social security
Arbeidsmarkt.
Flexibele arbeid.
Sociale zekerheid.
Labour market > Policies > Of > Government
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evaluating the connection between social protection and economic flexibility / Rebecca M. Blank and Richard B. Freeman
  • Trends in social protection programs and expenditures in the 1980s / Peter Scherer
  • Does employment protection inhibit labor market flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France and Belgium / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
  • Patterns in regional labor market adjustment : the United States versus Japan / Edward B. Montgomery
  • Housing market regulations and housing market performance in the United States, Germany, and Japan / Axel Börsch-Supan
  • Health insurance provision and labor market efficiency in the United States and Germany / Douglas Holtz-Eakin
  • Social security and older workers' labor market responsiveness : the United States, Japan, and Sweden / Marcus E. Rebick
  • Public sector growth and labor market flexibility : the United States versus the United Kingdom / Rebecca M. Blank
  • Does public health insurance reduce labor market flexibility or encourage the underground economy? Evidence from Spain and the United States / Sara de la Rica and Thomas Lemieux
  • Social welfare programs for women and children : the United States versus France / Maria J. Hanratty
  • Three regimes of child care : the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden / Siv Gustafsson and Frank P. Stafford.

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