The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent market-clearingʺ real wage levels and structures. It is shown...

Das MEMORANDUM 2009 handelt von einer dramatischen Situation: Die Weltwirtschaftskrise ist auch in Deutschland angekommen. Was sind deren Ursachen, welche spezifische Ausprägung nimmt sie hierzulande an, warum und wodurch wird sie bei uns noch verschärft? Die Arbeitsgruppe Alternative...

The paper contains analysis of, critical remarks on, and constructive suggestions to Towards Common Principles of Flexicurtity of the European Commission (2007). The latter promotes relaxing the employment protection legislation while providing advances in employment and social security for...

The analysis of interaction of flexibility and precariousness of work shows that the more flexible employment, the more it is precarious. For this purpose, two families of indices, of flexible work and of precarious work, are defined basing on the Fourth European Survey of Working Conditions...