Are Protective Labor Market Institutions Really at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Perspective

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Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s): David R. Howell; Dean Baker; Andrew Glyn; John Schmitt

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Trade unions; Labor markets; Home ownership

Type: Report

Coverage: Europe

Abstract:

This report debunks the myth that labor market protections, such as unions and unemployment benefits, are responsible for high European unemployment rates. This is a working paper version of an article published in Capitalism and Society. As published in Capitalism and Society: http://www.bepress.com/cas/vol2/iss1/art1/.