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Article: Early retirement as a labor force policy: an international overview.
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1987
- Author:
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Early retirement as a labor force policy: an international overview In grappling with the problems posed by high and persistent unemployment which continue to plague the countries of Western Europe and North America, an array of labor market policies have been implemented to lower or at least contain the ranks of the unemployed. Such policies aim at influencing the supply of or the demand for labor.
Stimulating demand traditionally has been the main policy tool against joblessness. In recent years, however, there has been a noticeable trend away from demand expansion out of fear of rekindling the inflationary spiral. Instead, there has been a growing reliance on ...