The Federal Job Guarantee: Prevention, Not Just a Cure

2019/07/04 by Pavlina R. Tcherneva · 2 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Employment and Welfare Studies #Retirement, Disability, and Employment #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

paper · doi:10.1080/05775132.2019.1635804

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Abstract

This paper, argues the author, examines how the Job Guarantee proposal uniquely meets two major social requirements. It is a policy response whose merits include much more than its macroeconomic stabilization features, as discussed in the literature. It is also, in a sense, a method of inoculation against the vile effects of unemployment. The paper discusses several preventive features of the program.

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