The September 11 terrorist attacks ignited global interest in the Middle East. Observers in
the region and abroad were quick to highlight the development “deficits” in Middle Eastern …

The notion of 'flexicurity'has recently become a buzzword in European labour market reform.
It promises to deliver a magic formula to overcome the tensions between labour market …

A considerable amount of research on labor turnover and job search behavior exists in
economics (for example, Belzil1996; Farber 1994; Lillien and Hall 1986; Parsons 1991; …

We examine the effect of dismissal regulation on productivity in the OECD, using annual
cross-country aggregate data on the stringency of employment protection legislation and …

This paper derives new results on the welfare effects of employment protection. Using data
from 17 OECD countries, we show that there exists an inverse U‐shape relationship …

The article, based on a recent book by the two authors, attempts to give the answer to the
question whether persistently high unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe is to be …

This paper describes trends in product market regulation in OECD countries over the period
1998 to 2003. The analysis is based on summary indicators of product market regulation that …

This book begins by examining the state of the stable employment relationship in the context
of rapid globalization and technological change. Mass dismissals, high unemployment, and …

We introduce a new data set on hiring and firing restrictions for 21 OECD countries for the
period 1984–1990. The data are based on surveys of business people in the countries …

Exploiting information from a panel of European firms we study the joint effect of EPL and
financial market imperfections on investment, capital-labour substitution, labour productivity …