It is widely believed that the integration of European economies will have little impact on labour mobility. This does not mean, however, that European labour markets will be unaffected by the process of economic integration. In this paper we show that with increased competition from closer...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relative importance of deviations from competitive behaviour, both in product and in labour markets, in the determination of sectoral employment growth in Italy during the last forty years (1951-90). This is done with the help of a two-sector...

The paper analyses complementarities among a variety of labour market policies. It shows: (a) that a wide range of labour market institutions (e.g. unemployment benefits, job security legislation and payroll taxes) have complementary effects on unemployment; and thus (b) that policies aimed at...