and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment … protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting … out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both … groups. However, the responsibility for employment policies still predominantly lies within Member States of the European …

study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been … relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created … basic income support for needy persons is not earnings-related anymore. Pressure on unemployed to take up jobs has increased …

This paper depicts and examines the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross …

Workplace Employment Relations Survey. We identify the workplace correlates of the demise of collective bargaining in Britain …, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries … changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany from 2000 to 2008. It … seeks to update and widen earlier analyses pointing to a decline in collective bargaining, while providing more information … on the dual system as a whole. Using data from the IAB Employment Panel and the German Employment Register, we report …