Abstrakt EN:

According to the view that has dominated - until quite recently - labor market analyses, the maine source of troubles with high unemployment in Europe were wrongly constructed institutions, understood as a mix of regulations, taxes and subsidies that affect relations between firms and workers. It was widely believed that labor market deregulation accompanied by correctly executed institutional reforms would allow to radically reduce the unemployment and, in turn increase the economic growth. Recent research takes different attitude towards labor market institutions; they are seen as means to accelerate economic adjustments and to avoid aconomics crises, as well s to improve income allocation without weakening the efficiency. This paper presents, in its first part, the evolution of theories that have been trying to explain the phenomenon of European unemployment. Second part focuses on the ongoing debate on the empirical support for different theoretical positions. Finally, it shows labor market institutios as a component of social as well as economic environment, being subject to complex and sometimes radical changes. (original abstract)

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