Employment 'miracles' : a critical comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish cases versus Germany and the US / / Uwe Becker, Herman Schwartz (eds.) [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143331703321
• Autore: Schwartz Herman
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam University Press, 2005; Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-95916-9; 9786610959167; 90-485-0383-3; 1-4237-0963-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Changing welfare states
• Disciplina: 331.12042
• Soggetti: Manpower policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Miracles, Mirages and Markets / Schwartz, Herman / Becker, Uwe -- 2. The Dutch Model: Magic in a Flat Landscape? / Salverda, Wiemer -- 3. Employment and Unemployment in Denmark and Sweden: Success or Failure for the Universal Welfare Model? / Green-Pedersen, Christoffer / Lindbom, Anders -- 4. The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990's: From Depression to High-Tech Boom / Kiander, Jaakko -- 5. The Swiss Miracle: Low growth and high employment / Merrien, François Xavier / Becker, Uwe -- 6. Recasting the Story of Ireland's Miracle: Policy, Politics or Profit? / Daly, Mary -- 7. The Australian Miracle: Luck, Pluck or Being Stuck Down Under? / Schwartz, Herman -- 8. Last Year's Model? Reflections on the American model of employment growth / Martin, Cathie Jo -- 9. The German Contrast. On Bad Comparisons, Special Circumstances, Luck and Policies That Turned Out to Be Wrong / Becker, Uwe -- 10. Conclusion: the Importance of Lucky Circumstances, and Still the Liberal-Social Democratic Divide / Becker, Uwe / Schwartz, Herman -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Why did some economies experience a boom in the 1990s? Discussing this crucial question, <i>Employment 'Miracles'</i> comparatively analyzes select "miracle" economies. The contributors critically analyze how the small sizes and institutional structures of seven countries-including the Netherlands.