Employment 'Miracles' : A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish Cases versus Germany and the US / ed. by Herman Schwartz, Uwe Becker.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Changing Welfare States ; 5Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:- text
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction:Miracles,Mirages and Markets -- 2. The Dutch Model:Magic in a Flat Landscape? -- 3. Employment and Unemployment in Denmark and Sweden: Success or Failure for the Universal Welfare Model? -- 4. The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990s: From Depression to High-Tech Boom -- 5. The Swiss Miracle: Low growth and high employment -- 6. Recasting the Story of Ireland's Miracle:Policy,Politics or Profit? -- 7. The Australian Miracle:Luck,Pluck or Being Stuck Down Under? -- 8. Last Year's Model? Reflections on the American model of employment growth -- 9. The German Contrast.On Bad Comparisons,Special Circumstances,Luck and Policies That Turned Out to Be Wrong -- 10. Conclusion:the Importance of Lucky Circumstances,and Still the Liberal-Social Democratic Divide -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
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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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