scholarly journals Public Sector Growth and Labor Market Flexibility: The United States vs. The United Kingdom

10.3386/w4339 ◽  
1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Blank
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market Flexibility

Do Employment-Conditional Earnings Subsidies Work?

2018 ◽  
pp. 154-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lane Kenworthy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Relative Poverty ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market Regulations ◽  
Better Than

Cash transfers and tax credits to people in paid work but with low earnings are increasingly prominent in affluent countries. How effective are these programs at reducing poverty and increasing employment? The experiences of the United States and United Kingdom suggest that, in an economy with weak unions and limited labor market regulations, an employment-conditional earnings subsidy increases employment among persons at the low end of the labor market but reduces low-end wage levels somewhat. Overall, it appears to boost the absolute incomes of low-end households. Even so, cross-country comparison offers little support for a conclusion that the institutional configuration in these countries, including the employment-conditional earnings subsidy, is especially effective at generating high and rising employment, high and rising incomes among low-end households, or low and decreasing relative poverty rates. Quite a few other affluent nations have done as well as or better than the United Kingdom and the United States in recent decades.

scholarly journals The Labor Movements In The United States And The United Kingdom

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Hany H. Makhlouf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Decline Phase ◽  
The Core ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The rise of the labor movements in the United Kingdom in the 17<sup>th</sup> century and in the United States in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, their growth through most of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, and their steady decline since the 1970s reflect several similarities and differences in their experiences, strategies, tactics, and goals. Both movements faced many early challenges that threatened their survival, and went through growth periods, followed by the current decline phase in which they are struggling to prove their worth and relevance in changing economies and new labor market realities. This article examines the similarities and differences in these labor movements’ experiences, and in their past and current environments. It argues that labor unions are not likely to face the destiny of the dinosaurs, but they may have to continue to evolve, adjust, and innovate to stop their decline and appeal to a changing labor force. Their bread and butter focus, however, is likely to remain as the core of their existence.

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