Some Political Aspects of Unemployment

Gilles Saint-Paul

No 949, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We study a number of mechanisms through which an economy can be stuck at a high unemployment equilibrium because a poor labour market is associated with support for poor policy. These mechanisms are consistent with the relative scarcity of measures that have been undertaken to cure unemployment. The message of the paper is that curing the European unemployment problem is a difficult task because a lot of skill is required to avoid political pitfalls.

Keywords: Exclusion; Firing Costs; Fiscal Conservatism; Labour Market Flexibility; Political Reform; Protection; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E6 J6 J65 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-05
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Journal Article: Some political aspects of unemployment (1995)
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