TY - BOOK AU - Mares,Isabela TI - Taxation, wage bargaining and unemployment T2 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics SN - 9780511161582 AV - HC240 .M244 2006eb U1 - 331.11/094/0904 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Manpower policy KW - Europe KW - Welfare state KW - Sweden KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Wages KW - Labor unions KW - Germany KW - Great Britain KW - Emploi KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - État providence KW - Suède KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Salaires KW - Syndicats KW - Allemagne KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Human Resources & Personnel Management KW - bisacsh KW - Etat providence KW - eclas KW - Chômage de longue durée KW - Politique des salaires KW - Politique de l'emploi KW - Politique sociale KW - Histoire économique KW - UE/CE Etats membres KW - Economic policy KW - fast KW - Social policy KW - Steuerpolitik KW - gnd KW - Arbeitslosigkeit KW - Sozialhilfe KW - Gewerkschaft KW - Beschäftigung KW - Sozialpolitik KW - Wohlfahrtsstaat KW - Lohn KW - Werkgelegenheidsbeleid KW - gtt KW - Verzorgingsstaat KW - Loonvorming KW - Vakverenigingen KW - Politique économique KW - Allemagne RF KW - Royaume-Uni KW - Deutschland KW - Schweden KW - Großbritannien KW - Europa KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index; Introduction: does the welfare state hurt employment? -- Developments in European labor markets: two theoretical perspectives -- The argument -- The organization of the study -- The economic and political consequences of welfare state maturation -- Labor market institutions and economic performance -- Labor market institutions and monetary policy -- A theoretical synthesis: labor market institutions, monetary policies and the welfare state -- Looking ahead -- Appendix -- Equilibrium prices and consumption -- Derivation of trade unions' optimal wage demands -- Proofs of comparative statics results -- Centralization of the wage bargaining system: a comparison with the Calmfors-Driffill approach -- A quantitative analysis -- Testing the model: measurement of the central explanatory variables -- The dependent variable: the employment performance of OECD economies -- Regression analysis -- Conclusions -- Sweden: Policy developments in the immediate postwar years -- The Rehn-Meidner model -- Wage and social policy developments of the 1960s -- Strains on the system: interunion rivalry, 1970-1976 -- Policy developments under conservative governments, 1976-1982 -- The return of the social democrats, 1982-1990 -- The double sacrifice: wage and social policy developments of the 1990s -- Conclusion -- Germany: The wage-social policy nexus during the Adenauer-Erhard period, 1950-1966 -- Wage bargaining and social policy developments under the Grand coalition, 1966-1969 -- Wage bargaining and social policy expansion in the Brandt era, 1969-1974 -- Wage bargaining and social policy developments under the social-liberal coalition, 1974-1982 -- The consequences of welfare state maturation: wage and social policy developments, 1982-1990 -- The aftermath of German reunification, 1990-1997 -- Conclusions -- Britain: Wage developments of the postwar years, 1945-1950 -- Social policy and wage moderation under the conservatives, 1951-1964 -- The Labor government, 1964-1970 -- Conservatives again, 1970-1974 -- The social contract, 1974-1979 -- The conservative attack on the social wage, 1980-1996 -- Welfare state and labor market reforms under New Labour -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: new social pacts in contemporary Europe -- The theoretical argument -- Implications for the politics of new social pacts N2 - This text highlights the critical importance of a political exchange between unions and governments, based on wage moderation in exchange for the expansion of social services. It demonstrates that the gradual growth in the fiscal burden has undermined the effectiveness of this political exchange UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=527576 ER -