Welfare and employment in a united Europe : a study for the Fondazione Rodolofo Debenedetti / edited by Giuseppe Bertola, Tito Boeri, and Giuseppe Nicoletti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bertola, Giuseppe.

Boeri, Tito.

Nicoletti, Giuseppe, 1956-

Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--European Union countries.

Public welfare.

Labor market--European Union countries.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 291 p.) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies--each written by a group of economists working in four different countries of the European Union--followed by commentary.Over the last twenty years, fifteen Western European nations have removed most barriers to trade and migration, as well as most forms of national discrimination in economic and social exchange. Some have also given up their national currency and their ability to conduct independent monetary and fiscal policy. Opinion on the future of structural reform in the European Union tends to fall into two camps. One side argues that the single market and monetary union will make it more difficult to carry out badly needed structural reforms. The other side contends that, as monetary policy is decided elsewhere, countries will have more resources to concentrate on structural concerns.Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long studies--each written by a group of economists working in four different countries of the European Union--followed by commentary. The first study suggests that social reform can be achieved without strengthening European Union institutions and should entail limited international redistribution. The second suggests that, although liberalization of product and labor markets offers substantial benefits, there is no guarantee that the European Monetary Union will result in fewer product market restrictions or less employment protection.ContributorsCharles Bean, Giuseppe Bertola, Olivier Blanchard, Tito Boeri, Gsta Esping-Andersen, Robert Haffner, Juan Jimeno, Ramon Marimon, Steve Nickell, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Christopher Pissarides, Andre Sapir, Stefano Scarpetta, Gylfi Zoega

Contents:

Introduction : putting the debate on a new footing / Tito Boeri

EU welfare systems and labor markets : diverse in the past, integrated in the future? / Giuseppe Bertola, Juan Francisco Jimeno, Ramon Marimon, and Christopher Pissarides

European integration, liberalization, and labor-market performance / Giuseppe Nicoletti, Robert C.G. Haffner, Stephen Nickell, Stefano Scarpetta, and Gylfi Zoega

Conclusions : is there a role for supranational institutions? / Tito Boeri

Appendix : taking stock of social policy reforms in Europe / Fondazione Rodolfe Debenedetti.

Notes:

"Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-26838-8

1-4237-2516-6

OCLC:

61677942