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The natural survival of work : job creation and job destruction in a growing economy

Title
The natural survival of work : job creation and job destruction in a growing economy / Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg ; translated by William McCuaig.
Author
Cahuc, Pierre.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Zylberberg, André.
Description
165 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"In The Natural Survival of Work, labor economists Pierre Cahuc and Andre Zylberberg consider how to manage the unemployment that results from the desirable churning of the economy, drawing on recent economic research and citing examples from France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere." "Unemployment in many continental European countries, particularly among youth, has reached high levels in recent years, and Cahuc and Zylberberg criticize labor market policies that are based on politics rather than economics. They discuss the minimum wage in both the United States and France and show that increasing it, under certain circumstances, can increase employment. They find fault with the idea that work sharing is a cure for unemployment. They consider how to design a system of unemployment insurance that does not destroy the incentive to find work, and examine the effect of government regulation of layoffs. Finally, they analyze the true impact of education and training as remedies for unemployment."--BOOK JACKET.
Uniform Title
Chômage, fatalité ou necessité. English
Alternative Title
Chômage, fatalité ou necessité.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-159) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translation of: Le chômage, fatalité ou necessité.
Contents
1. Ninety thousand jobs destroyed every day -- 2. Work cannot be parceled out -- 3. Wages are not (always) the enemy of employment -- 4. Work must pay -- 5. The utility of unemployment -- 6. Protecting employment -- 7. Education is not a miracle cure -- 8. Evaluating public policies on employment -- 9. Epilogue : waiting for the rain.
ISBN
0262033577 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006044975
  • 9780262033572
OCLC
  • OCM65538777
  • SCSB-5924625
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries