Employment 'Miracles' :
A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish cases versus Germany and the US /
Uwe Becker, Herman Schwartz (eds.).
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| Summary: | Annotation 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 Netherlands, Denmark, and Ireland--accounted for their success and their status as economic models. Comparisons to 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 relevance of fortuitous circumstances such as the housing-price bubble. Employment 'Miracles' is an important resource for political scientists and economists in their study of national economies. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press,
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| Series: | Changing welfare states.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index. Physical description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9053567550 9789053567555 |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Employment 'Miracles' : |b A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish cases versus Germany and the US / |c Uwe Becker, Herman Schwartz (eds.). |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : miracles, mirages and markets / Herman Schwartz and Uwe Becker -- The Dutch model : magic in a flat landscape? / Wiemer Salverda -- Employment and unemployment in Denmark and Sweden : success or failure for the universal welfare model? / Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Anders Lindbom -- The evolution of the Finnish model in the 1990s : from depression to high-tech boom / Jaakko Kiander -- The Swiss miracle : low growth and high employment / François Xavier Merrien and Uwe Becker -- Recasting the story of Ireland's miracle : policy, politics or profit? / Mary Daly -- The Australian miracle : luck, pluck or being stuck down under? / Herman Schwartz -- Last year's model? reflections on the American model of employment growth / Cathie Jo Martin -- The German contrast : on bad comparisons, special circumstances, luck and policies that turned out to be wrong / Uwe Becker -- Conclusion : the importance of lucky circumstances, and still the liberal-social democratic divide / Uwe Becker and Herman Schwartz. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Annotation |b 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 Netherlands, Denmark, and Ireland--accounted for their success and their status as economic models. Comparisons to 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 relevance of fortuitous circumstances such as the housing-price bubble. Employment 'Miracles' is an important resource for political scientists and economists in their study of national economies. | |
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