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Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

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  • Ruth Ellen Wasem

    (Congressional Research Service, U.S. Library of Congress)

Abstract

Wasem examines the impacts and implications of the Employment Act of 1946 and discusses how provisions of the Act might be useful for today's policymakers.

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  • Ruth Ellen Wasem, 2013. "Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number tu, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:tu
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    Cited by:

    1. Jon D. Wisman & Michael Cauvel, 2021. "Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(3), pages 677-696, July.
    2. Guilherme Spinato Morlin, 2021. "Inflation and Macroeconomics in the US during the Golden Age," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 10(1), pages 107-130.
    3. Per Magnus Wijkman, 2020. "Henry A. Wallace as Vice President: The Last New Dealer," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 65(1), pages 163-176, March.

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    Keywords

    full employment; policymaking; labor supply; labor demand; political economy; Keynesian; employment act of 1946;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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