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A Policy Perspective on European Unemployment
Author(s) -
Abraham Filip
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9485.00138
Subject(s) - unemployment , economics , dimension (graph theory) , perspective (graphical) , diversity (politics) , theme (computing) , social policy , point (geometry) , european union , labour economics , political science , economic growth , economic policy , market economy , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , pure mathematics , law , operating system
This paper focuses on three major themes in the policy debate on European unemployment. A first issue concerns the causes of unemployment. We point to the diversity of the unemployment performance in Europe and plead for a policy approach which takes into account the interdependence between employment, labour costs and social protection. As a second major theme, we evaluate existing EU policies. While a EU social dimension is gradually developing, the European level is far from providing a comprehensive policy framework at this stage. A third issue relates to the national policy dimension and is linked to Europe’s quest for a third way. We compare the corporatist and competitive labour market approach.