Employment and Environmental Protection: The Tradeoffs in an Economy in Transition

One of the most pressing problems in an economy in transition is that of unemployment. Hitherto the 'costs' of this unemployment have either focused on the value of the lost production or on the costs to the government of supporting the unemployed. From a social viewpoint this is inappropriate. In this paper we discuss the costs of unemployment in terms of their impacts on human welfare, particularly the health effects.

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Year of publication:	1997
Authors:	Markandya, A.
Institutions:	Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Kennedy School of Government
Subject:	UNEMPLOYMENT \| ENVIRONMENT \| SOCIAL WELFARE

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Series:	Harvard - Institute for International Development.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	26 pages
Classification:	J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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