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Autore: | Schwartz Herman |
Titolo: | 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]] |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam University Press, 2005 |
Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2005 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 331.12042 |
Soggetto topico: | Manpower policy |
Soggetto non controllato: | wetenschap algemeen |
popular science | |
Persona (resp. second.): | BeckerUwe <1951-> |
SchwartzHerman M. <1958-> | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Employment Miracles |
ISBN: | 1-280-95916-9 |
9786610959167 | |
90-485-0383-3 | |
1-4237-0963-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910143331703321 |
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