This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic

This paper presents a semiparametric procedure to analyze the effects of institutional and labor market factors on recent changes in the U.S. distribution of wa

The labour markets of OECD and emerging economies are undergoing major transformations. The widespread slow-down in productivity and wage growth and high levels

Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment rates in the business sector in the 1990s

Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improvi