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dc.contributor.authorEichhorst, Werneren
dc.contributor.authorKonle-Seidl, Reginaen
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:22:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:22:38Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31892-
dc.description.abstractEmployment 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 markets to adapt to changing economic conditions since institutional features of the welfare state also affect actors' economic adaptation strategies. Insufficient labor market adaptability results in higher and more persistent unemployment. Hence, in order to increase the adaptability of European labor markets, reforms had to address these closely interacting policy areas. The first aim of the paper is to describe recent reforms of employment protection, unemployment insurance and active labor market policies in different European welfare states (Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany). The paper shows whether and to what extent national policy patterns converge in the direction of a new balance of flexibility and security with employment protection being eased and labor market policies being 'activated' through a combination of 'carrots and sticks'. Secondly, in terms of the political economy of welfare state reforms, the paper will answer the question whether consistent reforms of the three institutions are more likely in political systems characterized by relative strong government and/or social partnership since such institutional prerequisites may favor 'package deals' across policy areas.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) |cNürnbergen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAB-Discussion Paper |x19/2005en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordaktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitiken
dc.subject.keywordSozialpolitik - Reformen
dc.subject.keywordSozialstaat - internationaler Vergleichen
dc.subject.keywordArbeitsschutzpolitiken
dc.subject.keywordBeschäftigungssicherungen
dc.subject.keywordArbeitslosenunterstützungen
dc.subject.keywordSozialstaaten
dc.subject.keywordRegulierungen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionelle Faktorenen
dc.subject.keywordpolitisches Systemen
dc.subject.keywordpolitischer Wandelen
dc.subject.keywordDänemarken
dc.subject.keywordSchwedenen
dc.subject.keywordGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.keywordSchweizen
dc.subject.keywordNiederlandeen
dc.subject.keywordSpanienen
dc.subject.keywordBundesrepublik Deutschlanden
dc.titleThe interaction of labor market regulation and labor market policies in welfare state reform-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn503519553en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:iab:iabdpa:200519en

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