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Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment / Isabela Mares.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Mares, Isabela.
Series:
Cambridge books online.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Labor unions.
History.
Wages.
Welfare state.
Europe--Economic policy.
Europe.
Economic policy.
Europe--Social policy.
Social policy.
Manpower policy--Europe.
Manpower policy.
Welfare state--Sweden--History--20th century.
Wages--Sweden--History--20th century.
Labor unions--Sweden--History--20th century.
Welfare state--Germany--History--20th century.
Wages--Germany--History--20th century.
Labor unions--Germany--History--20th century.
Germany.
Welfare state--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Wages--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Labor unions--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Great Britain.
Sweden.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
PDF
Summary:
This book explains cross-national and temporal changes in employment outcomes.
Contents:
Introduction: Does the Welfare State Hurt Employment? 1
Developments in European Labor Markets: Two Theoretical Perspectives 3
The Argument 10
The Organization of the Study 15
1 The Economic and Political Consequences of Welfare State Maturation 17
Labor Market Institutions and Economic Performance 19
Labor Market Institutions and Monetary Policy 27
A Theoretical Synthesis: Labor Market Institutions, Monetary Policies, and the Welfare State 35
Looking Ahead 47
1 Equilibrium Prices and Consumption 50
2 Derivation of Trade Unions' Optimal Wage Demands 52
3 Proofs of Comparative Statics Results 56
4 Centralization of the Wage Bargaining System: A Comparison with the Calmfors-Driffill Approach 58
2 A Quantitative Analysis 61
Testing the Model: Measurement of the Central Explanatory Variables 62
The Dependent Variable: The Employment Performance of OECD Economies 71
3 Sweden 83
Policy Developments in the Immediate Postwar Years 84
The Rehn-Meidner Model 87
Wage and Social Policy Developments of the 1960s 94
Strains on the System: Interunion Rivalry, 1970-1976 100
Policy Developments Under Conservative Governments, 1976-1982 104
The Return of the Social Democrats, 1982-1990 108
The Double Sacrifice: Wage and Social Policy Developments of the 1990s 115
4 Germany 128
The Wage-Social Policy Nexus During the Adenauer-Erhard Period, 1950-1966 129
Wage Bargaining and Social Policy Developments Under the Grand Coalition, 1966-1969 142
Wage Bargaining and Social Policy Expansion in the Brandt Era, 1969-1974 146
Wage Bargaining and Social Policy Developments Under the Social-Liberal Coalition, 1974-1982 151
The Consequences of Welfare State Maturation: Wage and Social Policy Developments, 1982-1990 160
The Aftermath of German Reunification, 1990-1997 167
5 Britain 174
Wage Developments of the Postwar Years, 1945-1950 175
Social Policy and Wage Moderation Under the Conservatives, 1951-1964 179
The Labor Government, 1964-1970 188
Conservatives Again, 1970-1974 194
The Social Contract, 1974-1979 199
The Conservative Attack on the Social Wage, 1980-1996 206
Welfare State and Labor Market Reforms Under New Labour 213
Conclusion: New Social Pacts in Contemporary Europe 219
The Theoretical Argument 220
Implications for the Politics of New Social Pacts 223.
Notes:
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2012).
Other Format:
Print version:
ISBN:
9780511625688
9780521857420
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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