EMU Challenges European Labor Markets /

This paper discusses the challenges that European Monetary Union (EMU) poses for European labor markets, emphasizing in particular the regional dimension of the European unemployment problem. The authors argue that the inability of labor markets to adjust to shocks is largely a regional problem with...

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Auteur principal: Krieger-Boden, Christiane
Autres auteurs: Dohse, Dirk, Soltwedel, Rudiger
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/131
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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Résumé:This paper discusses the challenges that European Monetary Union (EMU) poses for European labor markets, emphasizing in particular the regional dimension of the European unemployment problem. The authors argue that the inability of labor markets to adjust to shocks is largely a regional problem within EMU member countries, requiring structural reforms to enhance labor market flexibility but also a decentralization of competencies and greater diversity of labor market outcomes. Any attempt to successfully reform European labor markets and 'make them fit for EMU' has to take into account the regional-and even a more decentralized firm-perspective.
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