Why Deregulate Labour Markets [Paperback]

Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labor 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, WhyDeregulate 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.

Introduction,G?sta 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,G?sta Esping-Andersen
Regulation and context. Reconsidering the correlates of unemployment,G?sta 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 Bj?rklund
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 Gauti?
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,G?sta Esping-Andersen and Mario Regini