Using data from 19 industrial countries for 5 years in the period 1990-2002, this paper analyzes to what extent anticompetitive business regulations, like price controls and administrative obstacles to start a new business, affect labor force participation and employment rates. According to the...

Using data from 45 countries for six years in the period 1995 to 2003, the author analyses whether the quality of industrial relations affects unemployment in developing countries. To measure the quality of industrial relations, the author uses the results of surveys in which senior business...

Using annual data on nineteen industrial countries for the period 1979-2005 and a large number of controls, this article is the first to empirically study the impact of corporate taxes on the unemployment rate. In contrast to previous empirical research on the labor demand, investment and growth...

Using data on 17 industrial countries from 1982 to 2003 and controlling for a wide array of factors, this paper finds that higher exchange rate volatility increases the unemployment rate. The magnitude of the effect is small. The results are robust to variations in specification.

Am 9. Dezember 1999 jährt sich zum zehnten Mal die Verabschiedung der „Gemeinschaftscharta der sozialen Grundrechte der Arbeitnehmer". Welches sind die wichtigsten Maßnahmen, die bislang auf der Basis der EU-Sozialcharta durchgeführt wurden? Wie sind sie zu beurteilen?