The Economic Consequences of Social Policies in the Industrial Countries

Bela Balassa
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Chapter Essay 3 in Change and Challenge in the World Economy, 1985, pp 44-59 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This essay will examine the economic consequences of the social policies applied in the industrial countries, with the exception of Japan, which has an institutional structure very much different from that of the other industrial countries. Correspondingly, the essay will concentrate on US-European comparisons.

Keywords: Labor Supply; Sick Leave; Real Wage; Unemployment Benefit; Replacement Ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17991-6_3

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