Reducing Unemployment: Current Issues and Policy Options

A symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
August 25-27, 1994

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• Symposium Summary
  BRYON HIGGINS
   
• Opening Remarks
  ALAN GREENSPAN
   
• The Extent of  High Unemployment in OECD Countries
  JOHN P. MARTIN
   
• Commentary: The Extent of High Unemployment in OECD Countries
  DENNIS J. SNOWER
   
• Past and Prospective Causes of High Unemployment
  PAUL KRUGMAN
   
• Commentary: Past and Prospective Causes of High Unemployment
  EDMUND S. PHELPS
   
• Commentary: Past and Prospective Causes of High Unemployment
  CHRISTOPHER A. PISSARIDES

• The Role of Demand Management Policies in Reducing Unemployment
  CHARLES R. BEAN
   
• Commentary: The Role of Demand Management Policies in Reducing Unemployment
  STANLEY FISCHER
   
• Commentary: The Role of Demand Management Policies in Reducing Unemployment
  TAKATOSHI ITO
   
• Commentary: The Role of Demand Management Policies in Reducing Unemployment
  ALLAN H. MELTZER
   
• The Role of Monetary Policy: Where Does Unemployment Fit In?
  DONALD T. BRASH
   
• Commentary
  NIGEL LAWSON
   
• Reducing Supply-Side Disincentives to Job Creation
  DALE T. MORTENSEN

• Commentary: Reducing Supply-Side Disincentives to Job Creation
  MARTIN FELDSTEIN

• Commentary: Reducing Supply-Side Disincentives to Job Creation
  ASSAR LINDBECK
   
• Active Labor Market Policies to Expand Employment and Opportunity
  LAWRENCE F. KATZ
   
• Commentary: Active Labor Market Policies to Expand Employment and Opportunity
  JAMES J. HECKMAN
   
• Commentary: Active Labor Market Policies to Expand Employment and Opportunity
  JOHN W. MORLEY
   
• Overview
  FRANS ANDRIESSEN
  ALAN S. BLINDER
  MICHEL HANSENNE
  HANS TIETMEYER
   
• Closing Remarks
  GEORGE SHULTZ

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