More 'flexible' labour relations significantly reduce labour productivity growth in sectors that tend towards a 'routinised' (other than a 'garage business') innovation regime. We argue that structural reforms that make firing easier will diminish the loyalty and commitment of workers, making...

According to mainstream scholars, European employement and productivity faltered because rigid labour markets hinder the adjustement to the new ICT technologies. Whereas this view matches the raise of unemplyement in low quality jobs, it is not able to explain the differential rates of job...

This policy note offers motivation as well as game plan how to achieve a coherent and mutually beneficial labor migration system. It argues that migrant workers may importantly contribute to economic growth and development both in sending and receiving countries if they find the enabling...