Old and new EU member states still adopt quite different labor market institutions and policies: convergence has been partial and limited. Nevertheless, a new agreement is spreading on the importance of well-developed, coordinated institutions, supported by social dialogue, in view of the...

The protection of outsiders in the era of liberalization -- Labor market policy in Austria, Denmark, and Sweden -- Relying on the weak : Austrian unions and smoothed dualization -- Strengthened governments and the erosion of Danish flexicurity -- Goodbye to Swedish social democracy and welfare...