Why Deregulate Labour Markets?

by Gïsta Esping-Andersen, Marino Regini

Overview

Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labor market de-regulation have, perhaps more than any other contemporary issue, impassioned political debate and academic research. With contributions from economists, political scientists and sociologists, Why Deregulate Labour Markets? takes a hard look at the empirical connections between unemployment and regulation in Europe today, utilizing both in-depth nation analyses and broader-based international comparisons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199240524
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/19/2000
Pages:	374
Product dimensions:	9.06(w) x 6.22(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, and University of Trento

University of Milano

Table of Contents

Introduction, Gøsta Esping-Andersen and Mario ReginiPART I. LABOUR MARKET REFORM IN EUROPEThe dilemmas of labour market regulation, Mario ReginiThe dynamics of labour market reform in European countries, Manuela SamekWho is harmed by Labour Market Regulations? Quantitative Evidence, Gøsta Esping-AndersenRegulation and context. Reconsidering the correlates of unemployment, Gøsta Esping-AndersenPART II. NATIONAL VARIATIONSRiver Crossing or Cold Bath? Deregulation and Employment in Britain, Simon Deakin and Hannah ReedGoing different ways: labour market policy in Denmark and Sweden, Anders BjörklundThe Dutch miracle?, Cees GorterGermany: A regulated flexibility, Susanne Fuchs and Ronald SchettkatFrance: The deregulation that never existed, Miguel A. Malo, Luis Toharia and Jerome GautiéItaly: the long times of consensual re-regulation, Manuel Samek LodoviciThe Spanish experiment: pros and cons of the flexibility at the margin, Luis Toharia and Miguel A. MaloConclusions, Gøsta Esping-Andersen and Mario Regini

Editorial Reviews

"I strongly recommend Why Deregulate Laborer Markets? To anyone interested in labor market institutions and outcomes. The volume is very nicely coherent, and the editors introduction and conclusion are informative yet admirably concise. Each of the chapters offers useful insights, and the country chapters provide comprehensive descriptions of the regulatory institutions in individual nations and the ways in which those institutions have changed in recent decades." — The Journal

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