Social Protection vs.Economic Flexibility
Is There a Tradeoff?
Published on 15. August 1994
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-0-226-05678-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume explores how programmes such as social security, income transfers and child-care in Western Europe, the United States and Japan have affected labour-market flexibility - the ability of workers to adjust to fast-growing segments of the economy. Does tying health insurance to employment limit job mobility? Do housing policies inhibit workers from moving to new jobs in different areas? What are the effects of daycare and maternity-leave policies on working mothers? The authors explore these and many other questions in an effort to understand why European unemployment rates are so high compared with the US rate. Through an examination of diverse data-sets across different countries, the authors find that social protection programmes do not strongly affect labour-market flexibility. A useful comparison of labour markets and welfare programmes, this book demonstrates how social protection policies have affected employment rates around the globe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
29 line drawings, 108 tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-05678-4 (9780226056784)
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Content
Preface Introduction Rebecca M. Blank 1: Evaluating the Connection between Social Protection and Economic Flexibility Rebecca M. Blank, Richard B. Freeman. 2: Trends in Social Protection Programs and Expenditures in the 1980s Peter Scherer 3: Does Employment Protection Inhibit Labor Market Flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France, and Belgium Katharine G. Abraham, Susan N. Houseman. 4: Patterns in Regional Labor Market Adjustment: The United States versus Japan Edward B. Montgomery 5: Housing Market Regulations and Housing Market Performance in the United States, Germany, and Japan Axel Borsch-Supan 6: Health Insurance Provision and Labor Market Efficiency in the United States and Germany Douglas Holtz-Eakin 7: Social Security and Older Workers' Labor Market Responsiveness: The United States, Japan, and Sweden Marcus E. Rebick 8: Public Sector Growth and Labor Market Flexibility: The United States versus the United Kingdom Rebecca M. Blank 9: Does Public Health Insurance Reduce Labor Market Flexibility or Encourage the Underground Economy? Evidence from Spain and the United States Sara de la Rica, Thomas Lemieux. 10: Social Welfare Programs for Women and Children: The United States versus France Maria J. Hanratty 11: Three Regimes of Child Care: The United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden Siv Gustafsson, Frank P. Stafford. Contributors Author Index Subject index