Youth employment security and labour market institutions: A dynamic perspective

Labour market institutions and the cyclical dynamics of employment

We present an empirical analysis of the effects of labour market institutions on the employment dynamics over the cycle. In the first part of the paper, a theoretical framework is provided with particular emphasis on working time regulations. The conclusions of the theory are tested in the second part on a sample of 20 OECD countries observed over the period 1975–1997. The empirical analysis is...

Labour market security in between employment and social protection

In a nutshell Flexi-curity is not only a buzz-word, but drives the policy agenda of the EU. Therefore it is important to know about what we talk when we talk about the term. What is at stake is some shift from employment protection towards social protection. In other words, some of the risk/uncertainty management linked to labour markets in an era of globalisation is to be put on broader should...

Employment security: a conceptual exploration Working document for the programme “Employment security: new securities for a changing labour market”

Political instability and labour market institutions

Article history: Received 14 November 2014 Received in revised form 20 May 2015 Accepted 21 May 2015 Available online 29 May 2015 This paper investigates the relationship between political instability and labour market institutions. We develop a theoretical model in which political instability creates incentives for a government to introduce labour market regulation in the economy. The distorti...

Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality

In this paper we investigate the importance of labor market institutions such as unemployment insurance, unions, …ring regulation and minimum wages for the evolution of male wage inequality across countries. We derive a simple log-linear equation of the wage di¤erential as a function of the institutional parameters, total factor productivity, …nal good prices and relative skill supply. Our esti...