Unemployment Policy Government Options for the Labour Market [Paperback]

This book looks at a range of policies available to tackle unemployment.This book examines the main policies available to the government in dealing with the problem of high unemployment. It thereby gives policy-makers and academics a convenient basis for making policy decisions in this area. The book attempts to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a wide range of policy options including demand management versus supply-side policy, subsidizing employment and training, restructuring labour market regulations, and reforming the welfare state. It also investigates the political process whereby unemployment policy decisions are made.This book examines the main policies available to the government in dealing with the problem of high unemployment. It thereby gives policy-makers and academics a convenient basis for making policy decisions in this area. The book attempts to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a wide range of policy options including demand management versus supply-side policy, subsidizing employment and training, restructuring labour market regulations, and reforming the welfare state. It also investigates the political process whereby unemployment policy decisions are made.This book examines the main policies available to government in dealing with the problem of high unemployment. It thereby gives policy makers and academics a convenient basis for making policy decisions in this area. The book attempts to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a wide range of policy options including demand management versus supply-side policy, subsidizing employment and training, restructuring labor market regulations, and reforming the welfare state. It also investigates the political process whereby unemployment policy decisions are made.1. Introduction Guillermo de la Dehesa and Dennis J. Snower; Part I. General Policy Issues: 2. Evaluating unemployment policies: what do the underlying theories tell us? Dennis J. Snower; 3. High unemployment from a politiclc"