The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labour market institutions by developing a framework in … which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labour market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of … better rule of law and greater bargaining power vis-à-vis workers by way of greater labour market flexibility. It follows …

We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison … to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas … more than twice as large as that in May 2009. Furthermore, marginal employment is affected strongly but not protected by …

unemployment. At the country level, a disproportional relationship between the "de jure" labor market regulation and unemployment …

permanent jobs. In contrast, organizational approaches suggest that firms use temporary contracts to pursue low-road employment …Standard screening and core-periphery theories claim that temporary employment does not undermine the quality of … strategies, which involve the creation of cheap and low quality jobs also for permanent employees. We test these predictions by …

countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus on the main pillars of labour market institutions, as employment …This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in … order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three …

potentially adverse effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on training in dual labour markets due to larger firms …In 2012 a labour market reform, known as Fornero Law, substantially reduced firing restrictions for firms with more …