Insufficiently flexible labour markets combined with high welfare costs are often thought to be the main cause of unsatisfactory growth in Europe. This paper uses the OECD data on regulation of the product and labour market to confirm the difference in the extent of regulation between US and...

Introduction : changing economies and uneven fortunes in the labor market -- Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation : immigrants over the economic crisis and recovery -- Foreign workers and immigrant integration : emerging from recession in the United Kingdom -- Migration and migrants in...