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 …

The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some … 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 …

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in … countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms in the aftermath of the 2008/09 crisis to tackle a number of issues …, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection …