Labour Markets in Europe: Issues of Harmonization and Regulation Book

Labour Markets in Europe addresses the contentious issue of labour market regulation. The long-standing controversy concerning regulation has deepened with the development of supra-national rules in the European Union at a time of rising unemployment and sluggish employment growth. Regulation introduces limits in many areas including working time, worker participation, workplace safety, maternity leave, pensions and dismissals. Is labour market regulation, stemming from the Community social charter and social chapter beneficial, detrimental of irrelevant to Europe's labour market problems? These are the central issues examined in this text. Labour Markets in Europe describes the type of labour market regulation in the EU, provides an economic framework for evaluating them, and discusses their consequences in the light of member states' experience. Labour Markets in Europe guides debate on the evolution of European social policy. Its unique blend of institutional, legal and economic analysis make it central for university courses with a European component including those in economics, industrial relations, human resource management and European studies. The text includes international authorities in the field of labour markets, Antonio Argandona, Richard Barrett, Simon Deakin, David Marsden, Jamie Mirka, Karl-Heinz Paque, Christopher Ruhm, and Rudiger Soltwedel.Read More