ABSTRACT

The outcome of three years of research on the role of institutions in labor markets at the research unit Labor Market Policy and Employment of the Social Science Research Center Berlin, these seven contributions were originally presented at a conference in December 1992 before a group of experts i

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|49 pages

Institutional Choice and Flexible Coordination

A Socioeconomic Evaluation of Labor Market Policy in Europ

chapter 3|37 pages

Unemployment Compensation and Active Labor Market Policy

The Impact of Unemployment Benefits on Income Security, Work Incentives, and Public Policy

chapter 4|30 pages

Further Education and Training for the Employed

Systems and Outcomes

chapter 6|60 pages

Self-Employment Schemes for the Unemployed in the European Community

The Emergence of a New Institution, and its Evaluation

chapter 7|37 pages

Equality and Efficiency in the Labor Market

Toward a Socioeconomic Theory of Cooperation