Flexicurity represents a concept that aims at enhancing both labour market flexibility and employment and income security. The European Union has picked up this concept in its European Employment Strategy, inspired by developments in a number of its member states. This paper describes the way...

This article concerns the employment performance of recent immigrants in the Netherlands. The analysis shows different patterns of adjustment in the Dutch labour market for Western and non-Western immigrants. The entry of Western immigrants into the labour market follows a smooth pattern, while...