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Services and Employment - Explaining the U.S.-European Gap (Hardcover): Mary Gregory, Weimer Salverda, Ronald Schettkat

Services and Employment - Explaining the U.S.-European Gap (Hardcover)

Mary Gregory, Weimer Salverda, Ronald Schettkat

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Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in "Services and Employment," an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation. Drawing on the findings of a two-year research project that examined data from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these economists argue that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs. The jobs gap is actually a services gap. But, "Services and Employment" asks, why does the United States consume services at such a greater rate than Europe?

"Services and Employment" is the first systematic and comprehensive international comparison on the subject. Mary Gregory, Wiemer Salverda, Ronald Schettkat, and their fellow contributors consider the possible role played by differences in how certain services--particularly health care and education--are provided in Europe and the United States. They examine arguments that Americans consume more services because of their higher incomes and that American households outsource more domestic work. The contributors also ask whether differences between U.S. and European service sectors encapsulate fundamental trans-Atlantic differences in lifestyle choices.

In addition to the editors, the contributors include Victor Fuchs, William Baumol, Giovanni Russo, Adriaan Kalwij, Stephen Machin, Andrew Glyn, Joachin Moller, John Schmitt, Michel Sollogoub, Robert Gordon, and Richard Freeman."

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2007
First published: 2007
Editors: Mary Gregory • Weimer Salverda • Ronald Schettkat
Dimensions: 235 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13086-6
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > General
LSN: 0-691-13086-8
Barcode: 9780691130866

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