Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

Different models of protection against labor market risks are associated with diverging models of economic performance. Historically established institutional complementarities between labor market regulation, unemployment protection, and vocational training tend to mirror specific national...

Combatting Unemployment Richard Layard and Stephen J. Nickell Edited by Werner Eichhorst Klaus F. Zimmermann OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Contents Introduction by the Editors: • A New Understanding of Labor Market Institutions - Layard and Nickell on Labor...

Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

Fixed-term contracts have become a major form of employment in Europe. Available evidence about whether temporary jobs are a stepping stone to a permanent employment or are a dead end is mixed. The usefulness of these jobs depends on the institutional and economic environment. Fixed-term...

Labour market segmentation currently is at the forefront of national and European policy debates. While the European Commission and the OECD try to promote what they see as more inclusive policies, academic observers remain skeptical. Particularly the dualisation literature points to stable...

Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

After the apparent rise of so‐called atypical and 'precarious' jobs, the quality of employment has become of interest because such employment relationships are often related to objectively or subjectively worse working conditions. In this paper we look in detail into what is known about job...

Arbeitsschutzgesetzgebung, Arbeitslosenunterstützung und aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik sind janusköpfige Institutionen. Einerseits handelt es sich dabei um Versicherungsinstrumente gegen die Arbeitsmarktrisiken, indem sie für Einkommen und Beschäftigungssicherheit sorgen, andererseits nehmen...