The Welfare State and the Employment Problem
分析现代福利国家的社会保障、公共服务、就业保护立法、最低工资和中央调控工资等政策对失业问题的影响。
Social security, provision of public sector services, job security legislation, minimum wages and centrally regulated (bargained) relative wages are important elements of the modern welfare state -- each designed, often quite successfully, to enhance economic security and to redistribute income. The consequences of these policies for the unemployment issue are the topic of this paper.