We present a quarterly narrative database of important labour market reforms in selected euro area economies in between … 1995 and 2018 covering 60 events. We provide legal adoption and implementation dates of major reforms to employment … protection legislation and unemployment benefits. Estimates based on local projections find negative short-run effects of …

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in …, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of …

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in …, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed-term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of …

-term employment stability among those who lost their jobs early in the pandemic in contrast to the group of the longer-term unemployed … scarring effects. Unlike their longer-term unemployed counterparts, they did not demonstrate persistent labour market …This paper examines the socio-demographic disparities evident in the early labour market response to the COVID-19 …

The paper analyses the determinants and short-term effects of labour market reforms, using information from a novel … reforms is positively associated with the unemployment rate, the simultaneous implementation of fiscal consolidation measures ….e. complete or two-tier reforms); while also analysing separately reforms' determinants across domains of labour legislation (e …