Social protection versus economic flexibility: is there a trade-off?
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press ©1994
Series:NBER Comparative labor markets series
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:"These papers were first presented at a conference held at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics"--Preface
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Evaluating the connection between social protection and economic flexibility / Rebecca M. Blank and Richard B. Freeman -- Trends in social protection programs and expenditures in the 1980s / Peter Scherer -- Does employment protection inhibit labor market flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France and Belgium / Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman -- Patterns in regional labor market adjustment : the United States versus Japan / Edward B. Montgomery -- Housing market regulations and housing market performance in the United States, Germany, and Japan / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Health insurance provision and labor market efficiency in the United States and Germany / Douglas Holtz-Eakin -- Social security and older workers' labor market responsiveness : the United States, Japan, and Sweden / Marcus E. Rebick -- Public sector growth and labor market flexibility : the United States versus the United Kingdom / Rebecca M. Blank -- Does public health insurance reduce labor market flexibility or encourage the underground economy? Evidence from Spain and the United States / Sara de la Rica and Thomas Lemieux -- Social welfare programs for women and children : the United States versus France / Maria J. Hanratty -- Three regimes of child care : the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden / Siv Gustafsson and Frank P. Stafford
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 376 pages)
ISBN:9780226056807
0226056805
0226056783
9780226056784

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