01785cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001042 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451855265 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Krieger-Boden, Christiane. EMU Challenges European Labor Markets / Christiane Krieger-Boden, Dirk Dohse, Rudiger Soltwedel. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (50 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet Dohse, Dirk. Soltwedel, Rudiger. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/131 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/131/001.1999.issue-131-en.xml IMF e-Library