Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27

56 Pages Posted: 4 Dec 2007

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Riccardo Rovelli

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Randolph Luca Bruno

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); UCL SSEES

Date Written: November 2007

Abstract

We conduct a comparative analysis of Labor Market Policies and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU members, including new member states after 2004. We focus on indicators of policy generosity (expenditures relative to GDP) and relate these and other policy indicators to indicators of labor market outcomes and performance. Our results show that, on a cross-country basis, higher rates of employment are in general associated with: (i) higher expenditures on labor market policies, especially on active policies; (ii) a lower degree of rigidity in labor market institutions and in product market regulation.

Keywords: labor market policies, labor market outcomes, European social models

JEL Classification: J08, J38, J68

Suggested Citation

Rovelli, Riccardo and Bruno, Randolph Luca and Bruno, Randolph Luca, Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27 (November 2007). IZA Discussion Paper No. 3161, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1036861 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1036861

Riccardo Rovelli (Contact Author)

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna ( email )

Bologna
Italy

IZA Institute of Labor Economics ( email )

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Randolph Luca Bruno

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

UCL SSEES ( email )

16 Taviton Street
London, WC1H 0 BW
United Kingdom

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/randolph-bruno

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