"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows...

"The legal provisions regarding marginal part-time employment relationships were fundamentally altered for the second time in four years on 1 April 2003. Key components of the 2003 reform are the increase in the limit of what constitutes a marginal part-time job from EURO 325 to EURO 400...

Nickell and Layard (1999) conclude that "[t]here appear to be no differential tax effects on unemployment but there is evidence that overall labor tax rates do influence labor costs in the long run and hence raise unemployment." This paper asks whether this conclusion still holds, by approaching...