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Comment on ’Towards Full Employment’
Author(s) -
Chapman Bruce
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.304040
Subject(s) - unemployment , economics , social security , labour economics , full employment , wage , macroeconomics , market economy
The Dawkins and Freebairn paper illustrates the importance of the linkages between unemployment and social security policy, but is not entirely convincing in its explanation of unemployment, the wage‐employment elasticity, and the net benefits of a negative income tax.