The debate on labour market deregulation occasionally hardens into two opposing positions, neither of whic enjoys broad academic credibility nor political acceptance.
An edition of Why Deregulate Labour Markets?
(2000)
Why Deregulate Labour Markets?
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen and Marino Regini
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Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labour market de-regulation have, perhaps more than any other contemporary issue, impassioned political debate and academic research. With contributions from economists, political scientists and sociologists, Why Deregulate Labour Markets? takes a hard look at the empirical connections between unemployment and regulation in Europe today, utilizing both in-depth nation analyses and broader-based international comparisons. The book demonstrates that Europe's mass unemployment cannot be directly ascribed to excessive worker protection. Labour market rigidities can, however, be harmful for particular groups. The weight of the evidence suggests that a radical strategy of de-regulation would probably cause more harm than benefits for European economic performance.
--front flap
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Why Deregulate Labour Markets?
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First Sentence
"Labour markets have traditionally been among the most heavily regulated areas of the Western economies, whether by law and the administrative activity of the state: by collective bargaining: by corporatist bodies which involve the social partners in labour policy formation and implementation: or by networks of strong or weak ties which constrain the behaviour of labour market actors."
Table of Contents
Introduction, Gøsta Esping-Andersen and Mario Regini
PART I. LABOUR MARKET REFORM IN EUROPE
The dilemmas of labour market regulation, Mario Regini
The dynamics of labour market reform in European countries, Manuela Samek
Who is harmed by Labour Market Regulations? Quantitative Evidence, Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Regulation and context. Reconsidering the correlates of unemployment, Gøsta Esping-Andersen
PART II. NATIONAL VARIATIONS
River Crossing or Cold Bath? Deregulation and Employment in Britain, Simon Deakin and Hannah Reed
Going different ways: labour market policy in Denmark and Sweden, Anders Björklund
The Dutch miracle?, Cees Gorter
Germany: A regulated flexibility, Susanne Fuchs and Ronald Schettkat
France: The deregulation that never existed, Miguel A. Malo, Luis Toharia and Jerome Gautié
Italy: the long times of consensual re-regulation, Manuel Samek Lodovici
The Spanish experiment: pros and cons of the flexibility at the margin, Luis Toharia and Miguel A. Malo
Conclusions, Gøsta Esping-Andersen and Mario Regini
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Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labour market de-regulation have, perhaps more than any other contemporary issue, impassioned political debate and academic research. With contributions from economists, political scientists and sociologists, Why Deregulate Labour Markets? takes a hard look at the empirical connections between unemployment and regulation in Europe today, utilizing both in-depth nation analyses and broader-based international comparisons. The book demonstrates that Europe's mass unemployment cannot be directly ascribed to excessive worker protection. Labour market rigidities can, however, be harmful for particular groups. The weight of the evidence suggests that a radical strategy of de-regulation would probably cause more harm than benefits for European economic performance.
--front flap
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