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AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS AND (PARTIAL) LABOUR MARKET REFORMS.
- Source :
- Bulletin of Economic Research; Jul2012, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p430-448, 19p, 5 Charts, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT European labour markets have undergone several important innovations over the last three decades. Most countries have reformed their labour markets since the mid-1990s, with the liberalization of fixed-term contracts and temporary work agencies being the common elements to such reforms. This paper investigates the existence of a change in the dynamic behaviour of the aggregate employment for major European Union countries - France, Germany, Italy and Spain. According to our results, partial labour market reforms have made the response of the aggregate employment to output shocks larger and quite comparable to that found for the UK - the most flexible labour market in Europe since the Thatcher reforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EMPLOYMENT
LABOR market
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03073378
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bulletin of Economic Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77498743
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2011.00396.x