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Why Are European Countries Diverging in Their Unemployment Experience?
by
Gilles Saint-Paul
(March 2004)
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18 (4), 49-68
Abstract:
During the nineties, unemployment has fallen in a number of European countries while it has
remained high in others. The paper discusses potential causes for that evolution in light of
recent economic research, emphasizing obstacles to reform due to political constraints, the
prevalence of ideology, and agency issues within those bureaucracies concerned with the
unemployment problem. Some speculative thoughts are offered as to why those factors
might be more stringent in countries where unemployment remained high.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 1066
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