《The Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions》是法國經濟學家Gilles Saint-Paul於2000年11月出版的政治經濟學理論著作，由牛津大學出版社發行，旨在探討歐洲勞動力市場制度與失業率的關聯性。該書基於當時歐洲高失業率的社會背景，聚焦勞動力市場剛性對經濟的影響及制度存續的政治邏輯。
著作圍繞就業保護、失業救濟和工資剛性等制度展開，分析其形成機制與社會功能。通過微觀經濟摩擦模型，揭示制度剛性如何通過勞動力市場租金分配加劇失業困境，並論證改革阻力源於既得利益群體與成本分攤矛盾。研究結合貧富再分配壓力與政治決策博弈，提出破解制度僵局的潛在路徑。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions
- 作者：Saint-Paul, Gilles
- 出版時間：2000年11月
- ISBN：9780198293323
內容簡介
According to most orthodox economists, labour market rigidities are the key culprit for such high unemployment as has been observed in Europe during the past three decades. But governments that have attempted to follow the standard prescription of removing rigidities have often faced harsh political opposition. This book looks at why labour market institutions such as employment protection, unemployment benefits, and relative wage rigidities exist, what role they play in society, why they seem so persistent, where the pressure to reform them comes from, and whether reform can be politically viable or not. The book ascribes a central role to the existence of underlying microeconomic frictions and to redistributive pressures between rich and poor, and shows how these ingredients may give rise to labour market rents, which in turn explain why a coherent set of rigidities arise as the outcome of the political process. It is also shown that, at the same time, such rents create resistance to reform, and contribute to locking society into a high-unemployment, rigid equilibrium. Finally, the basic principles exposed in the book are used to discuss various strategies for a successful labour market reform.
