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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
October 15, 2008
Pages
369
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780199550609
ISBN-10
0199550603
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.28 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$37.95
Other format details
university press
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Capitalisms Compared | Conflict, War, and Peace | How Big Should Our Government Be? | The Federalist Papers | The Spirit of the Laws | Inequality And Prosperity | Rich Democracies
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Economic and social shifts have led to rising income inequality in the world's affluent countries. This is worrisome for reasons of fairness and because inequality has adverse effects on other socioeconomic goods. Redistribution can help, but government revenues are threatened by globalization and population aging. A way out of this impasse is for countries to increase their employment rate. Increasing employment enlarges the tax base, allowing tax revenues to rise without an increase in tax rates; it also reduces welfare state costs by decreasing the amount of government benefits going to individuals and households. The question is: Can egalitarian institutions and policies be coupled with employment growth? For two decades conventional wisdom has held that the answer is no.
In Jobs with Equality, Lane Kenworthy provides a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the experiences of rich nations since the late 1970s. This book examines the impact on employment of six key policies and institutions: wage levels at the low end of the labor market, employment protection regulations, government benefit generosity, taxes, skills, and women-friendly policies. The analysis includes twenty countries, with a focus on Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Kenworthy concludes that there is some indication of tradeoffs, but that they tend to be small in magnitude. There is no parsimonious set of policies and institutions that have been the key to good or bad employment performance. Instead, there are multiple paths to employment success. The comparative experience suggests reason for optimism about possibilities for a high-employment, high-equality society.
In Jobs with Equality, Lane Kenworthy provides a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the experiences of rich nations since the late 1970s. This book examines the impact on employment of six key policies and institutions: wage levels at the low end of the labor market, employment protection regulations, government benefit generosity, taxes, skills, and women-friendly policies. The analysis includes twenty countries, with a focus on Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Kenworthy concludes that there is some indication of tradeoffs, but that they tend to be small in magnitude. There is no parsimonious set of policies and institutions that have been the key to good or bad employment performance. Instead, there are multiple paths to employment success. The comparative experience suggests reason for optimism about possibilities for a high-employment, high-equality society.
Editions
Hardcover
from Oxford Univ Pr (October 15, 2008)
9780199550593 | details & prices | 369 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.58 lbs | List price $125.00
Paperback
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from Oxford Univ Pr (October 15, 2008)
9780199550609 | details & prices | 369 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.28 lbs | List price $37.95
About: Economic and social shifts have led to rising income inequality in the world's affluent countries.
About: Economic and social shifts have led to rising income inequality in the world's affluent countries.
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