Michaillat, Pascal (2012) Jobs in a recession: now would be a good time for the government to conduct infrastructure projects but a bad time to cut unemployment benefits. British Politics and Policy at LSE (22 May 2012) Blog Entry.
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Pascal Michaillat discusses research on employment during recessions, arguing against unemployment benefit cuts as a tool to incentivise job-seeking and suggesting that public employment is especially effective at stimulating the economy – without crowding out the private sector – at any time when the labour market is depressed.
| Item Type: | Website (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J48 - Public Policy |
| Sets: | Departments > Economics Collections > British Politics and Policy at LSE Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/48318/ |
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