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

• Superior document: Changing welfare states
• TeilnehmendeR: Becker, Uwe, 1951-; Schwartz, Herman M., 1958-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Changing welfare states.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

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 count...

Table of Contents

• 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