evidence on the impacts of labour market reforms, which seem to have a potential to address impediments towards employment …

employment. There has also been a decline in the number of employed people and in the average number of hours worked per week …

insured full-time and part-time employment in years preceding and following the implementation of the landmark Hartz reforms … that part-time employment played a decisive role in the post-2003 improvement of the German labor market. …

to 3.6 million by 2008. At the same time, employment increased by 1.2 million. Most theoretical and empirical analyses of … this episode assume that a worker leaving unemployment moves into full employment. We ask where the unemployed actually … outflows between unemployment and 16 other labour market states. Direct flows between unemployment and full employment …

employment. Moreover, this mitigation effect is greater in industries where firms have a greater propensity to make staffing … changes through dismissals. -- employment fluctuations ; business-cycle ; EPL ; tax wedge ; unemployment benefits …

Today, Europe is a continent of low participation, low employment labor markets. Many observers would like to blame … poor employment outcomes on the Euro or on austerity. But these are dangerous distractions from real problems that …: almost every European economy has more stringent employment protection and more generous social benefits than peers in North …

on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or "dualization" of employment in Germany. While labour market … employment and allowing for an expansion of low pay, structural changes in the economy as well as strategic choices by employers … standard employment relationships and job quality in this primary segment but rather form a supplementary part of employment in …

Today, Europe is a continent of low participation, low employment labor markets. Many observers would like to blame … poor employment outcomes on the Euro or on austerity. But these are dangerous distractions from real problems that …: almost every European economy has more stringent employment protection and more generous social benefits than peers in North …

How do labour market policies influence employment's responsiveness to output fluctuations (employment … takes place. Finally, we evaluate the effect of a move to 'flexicurity' on the employment-output elasticity in each country …