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Employment, consumption, debt and European industrial relations systems

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Crouch, Colin (2012) Employment, consumption, debt and European industrial relations systems. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol.51 (No.2). pp. 389-412. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00684.x ISSN 0019-8676.

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Abstract

Comparisons between British and German employment performance in recent years have characterized the two countries as, respectively, finding a formula of high employment based on high consumption expenditure financed by household debt, and remaining tied to an external trade and low consumption model that no longer creates jobs. Placing these two countries in a wider perspective of all European Union member states and the USA reveals a different picture. Two different patterns seem associated with high employment levels: a northern European one of low consumption expenditure and high household debt, and an Anglophone one of high consumption expenditure and high household debt. Links for these contrasting models are sought in their very different social policy and industrial relations systems. Questions are raised concerning the role of household debt in the northern European cases, and the lack of any clear patterns differentiating much of western, southern and central Europe.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
Publisher: IRLE
ISSN: 0019-8676
Official Date: April 2012
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April 2012Published
Volume: Vol.51
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 389-412
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00684.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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