@article{1385880,
      recid = {1385880},
      author = {Bertola, Giuseppe. and Boeri, Tito. and Nicoletti,  Giuseppe,},
      title = {Welfare and employment in a united Europe : a study for  the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 291 pages) :},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a nuanced  approach to the issues. Unusual for an edited volume, it  consists of two long studies--each written by a group of  economists working in four different countries of the  European Union--followed by commentary.Over the last twenty  years, fifteen Western European nations have removed most  barriers to trade and migration, as well as most forms of  national discrimination in economic and social exchange.  Some have also given up their national currency and their  ability to conduct independent monetary and fiscal policy.  Opinion on the future of structural reform in the European  Union tends to fall into two camps. One side argues that  the single market and monetary union will make it more  difficult to carry out badly needed structural reforms. The  other side contends that, as monetary policy is decided  elsewhere, countries will have more resources to  concentrate on structural concerns.Welfare and Employment  in a United Europe takes a nuanced approach to the issues.  Unusual for an edited volume, it consists of two long  studies--each written by a group of economists working in  four different countries of the European Union--followed by  commentary. The first study suggests that social reform can  be achieved without strengthening European Union  institutions and should entail limited international  redistribution. The second suggests that, although  liberalization of product and labor markets offers  substantial benefits, there is no guarantee that the  European Monetary Union will result in fewer product market  restrictions or less employment  protection.ContributorsCharles Bean, Giuseppe Bertola,  Olivier Blanchard, Tito Boeri, Gsta Esping-Andersen, Robert  Haffner, Juan Jimeno, Ramon Marimon, Steve Nickell,  Giuseppe Nicoletti, Christopher Pissarides, Andre Sapir,  Stefano Scarpetta, Gylfi Zoega},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1385880},
}