wages and employment faced by the unions. Consequently, the equilibrium employment is endogenous and depends on the monetary … regime. In particular, a switch from a floating exchange rate regime to a monetary union improves employment, provided that … the degree of central bank conservatism is sufficiently high, whereas with low degrees of conservatism employment falls …

This report discusses the role of the European Union's full employment objective in the conduct of the ECB’s monetary … policy. It first reviews a range of indicators of full employment, highlights the heterogeneity of labour market outcomes … determined by national economic policies. The report then recalls that, in many circumstances, inflation and employment move …

Conditions of Dependent Self-Employment in the European Union -- 8. Political Economy, Inward Foreign Direct Investment and EU …, transport policy, the informal sector, employment, recovery and enlargement. Four chapters focus on Greece, which has been the …