contributors include Ronald G. Bodkin, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Dennis R. Maki ; Herbert G. Grubel and Michael A. Walker, editors.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Vancouver] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Fraser Institute,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1978.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 388 p. :
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ill., graphs ;
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23 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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"Proceedings of an international conference held September 1-4, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia ... as part of the program of Liberty Fund inc., managed by the Fraser Institute and organized by Herbert B. Grubel who also chaired the -- conference."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Moral hazard, unemployment insurance and the rate of unemployment / Herbert G. Grubel and Michael A. Walker -- Pt 1. Review of U.S. and Canadian studies. Unemployment insurance and unemployment in the United States / Daniel S. Hamermesh. Formal discussant, Melvin Reder -- Legislation and the labour market : a selective review of Canadian studies / Ronald G. Bodkin and André Cournoyer. Formal discussant, Erwin Diewert -- Summary of informal discussion / Sandra S. Christensen -- Pt. II. Country studies. The effects of unemployment benefits on the rate of unemployment in New Zealand / Geoff P. Braae. Formal discussant, John Helliwell -- Unemployment insurance : the Swedish case / Ingemar Stahl. Formal discussant, Stephen M. Hills -- The effects of unemployment benefits on unemployment rates : general remarks and an analysis of the Belgian case / M. Gerard, Herbert Glejser, J. Vuchelen. Formal discussant, Michel Bergeron -- Unemployment compensation and the rate of unemployment : the Irish experience / Brendan M. Walsh. Formal discussant, Joseph E. Hight -- The effects of unemployment benefits on the unemployment rate in France / Emil-Maria Claassen and Georges Lane. Formal discussant, Angus Maddison -- Unemployment compensation and the rate of unemployment in the Federal Republic of Germany / H. König and Wolfgang Franz. Formal discussant, Ernst Berndt -- An econometric analysis of the effects of compensation subsidies for short time working in Italy / Paolo Onofri and Anna Stagni. Formal discussant, Louis Jacobson -- Summary of informal discussion / Sandra S. Christensen -- Pt. III. Historic and cross-country studies. Unemployment and the dole : evidence from interwar Britain / Daniel K. Benjamin and Levis A. Kochin. Formal discussant, Martin Feldstein -- The British Outdoor Relief system : 1857-1910 / Stephen T. Easton. Formal discussant, Samuel Brittan -- The unemployment effects of unemployment compensation : an international phenomenon / Dennis Maki and Zane Spindler. Formal discussant, John Cragg -- Summary of informal discussion / Sandra S. Christensen -- Appendix: Reprint of "The effects of unemployment benefits on U.S. unemployment rates", originally published in Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 112, 2(1976): 274-299. Herbert G. Grubel and Dennis R. Maki.
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Title
Unemployment insurance.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Unemployment-- Effect of unemployment insurance on, Congresses.