Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment

by Isabela Mares

Book Overview

Why were European economies able to pursue the simultaneous commitment to full employment and welfare state expansion during the first decades of the postwar period and why did this virtuous relationship break down during recent decades? This book provides an answer to this question, by highlighting the critical importance of a political exchange between unions and governments, premised on wage moderation in exchange for the expansion of social services...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521674115
• ISBN13: 9780521674119
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"