Introduction / Peter Auer -- Small-economy macroeconomics / Roland Schettkat -- Working time : from redistribution to modernization / Gerhard Bosch -- Equal opportunities and employment policies / Jill Rubery -- Industrial relations and social dialogue / Jelle Visser

Belgium has effected a remarkable fiscal adjustment, best illustrated by the decline in its public debt. While benefiting from an appreciable decline in interest rates, most of the underlying consolidation reflected a considerable increase in the tax burden, one of the highest in the...