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Author Mares, Isabela

Title Taxation, wage bargaining and unemployment / Isabela Mares
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Contents Introduction: does the welfare state hurt employment? -- Developments in European labor markets: two theoretical perspectives -- The argument -- The organization of the study -- The economic and political consequences of welfare state maturation -- Labor market institutions and economic performance -- Labor market institutions and monetary policy -- A theoretical synthesis: labor market institutions, monetary policies and the welfare state -- Looking ahead -- Appendix -- Equilibrium prices and consumption -- Derivation of trade unions' optimal wage demands -- Proofs of comparative statics results -- Centralization of the wage bargaining system: a comparison with the Calmfors-Driffill approach -- A quantitative analysis -- Testing the model: measurement of the central explanatory variables -- The dependent variable: the employment performance of OECD economies -- Regression analysis -- Conclusions -- Sweden: Policy developments in the immediate postwar years -- The Rehn-Meidner model -- Wage and social policy developments of the 1960s -- Strains on the system: interunion rivalry, 1970-1976 -- Policy developments under conservative governments, 1976-1982 -- The return of the social democrats, 1982-1990 -- The double sacrifice: wage and social policy developments of the 1990s -- Conclusion -- Germany: The wage-social policy nexus during the Adenauer-Erhard period, 1950-1966 -- Wage bargaining and social policy developments under the Grand coalition, 1966-1969 -- Wage bargaining and social policy expansion in the Brandt era, 1969-1974 -- Wage bargaining and social policy developments under the social-liberal coalition, 1974-1982 -- The consequences of welfare state maturation: wage and social policy developments, 1982-1990 -- The aftermath of German reunification, 1990-1997 -- Conclusions -- Britain: Wage developments of the postwar years, 1945-1950 -- Social policy and wage moderation under the conservatives, 1951-1964 -- The Labor government, 1964-1970 -- Conservatives again, 1970-1974 -- The social contract, 1974-1979 -- The conservative attack on the social wage, 1980-1996 -- Welfare state and labor market reforms under New Labour -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: new social pacts in contemporary Europe -- The theoretical argument -- Implications for the politics of new social pacts
Summary This text highlights the critical importance of a political exchange between unions and governments, based on wage moderation in exchange for the expansion of social services. It demonstrates that the gradual growth in the fiscal burden has undermined the effectiveness of this political exchange
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Manpower policy -- Europe
Welfare state -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century
Wages -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- Sweden -- History -- 20th century
Welfare state -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Wages -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Welfare state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Wages -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Etat providence.
Chômage de longue durée.
Politique des salaires.
Politique de l'emploi.
Politique sociale.
Histoire économique.
UE/CE Etats membres.
Economic policy
Labor unions
Manpower policy
Social policy
Wages
Welfare state
Steuerpolitik
Arbeitslosigkeit
Sozialhilfe
Gewerkschaft
Beschäftigung
Sozialpolitik
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Lohn
Werkgelegenheidsbeleid.
Verzorgingsstaat.
Loonvorming.
Vakverenigingen.
SUBJECT Europe -- Economic policy
Europe -- Social policy
Subject Suède.
Allemagne RF.
Royaume-Uni.
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
Sweden
Deutschland
Schweden
Großbritannien
Europa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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