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abstract: 'I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor
market policies in an international comparative context. These include
collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws,
unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor
market policies (ALMPs). Since it is unlikely that an unregulated
private sector would provide the income insurance these institutions do,
these policies may enhance economic efficiency. However, to the extent
that unemployment or resource misallocation results from such measures,
these efficiency gains may be offset. Overall, Scandinavia and Central
Europe follow distinctively more interventionist policies than the
English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Possible
explanations for such differences include vulnerability to external
market forces and ethnic homogeneity. I then review evidence on the
impacts of these policies and institutions. While the interventionist
model appears to cause lower levels of wage inequality and high levels
of job security to incumbent workers, it also in some cases leads to the
relegation of new entrants (disproportionately women, youth, and
immigrants) as well as the less skilled to temporary jobs or
unemployment. Making labor markets more flexible could bring these
groups into the regular labor market to a greater extent, at the expense
of higher levels of economic insecurity for incumbents and higher levels
of wage inequality. (C) 2011 by the Association for Public Policy
Analysis and Management.'
affiliation: 'Kahn, LM (Corresponding Author), Cornell Univ, 258 Ives Hall, Ithaca,
NY 14583 USA.
Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14583 USA.'
author: Kahn, Lawrence M.
author_list:
- family: Kahn
given: Lawrence M.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/pam.20602
files: []
issn: 0276-8739
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
keywords-plus: 'EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION; UNEMPLOYMENT-INSURANCE; WAGE INEQUALITY;
MINIMUM-WAGES; UNITED-STATES; INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES; YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT; IMPACT; INSTITUTIONS; REFORM'
language: English
month: WIN
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '73'
pages: 94-110
papis_id: b885d8f9032eef1b5f32ae09ac7863b7
ref: Kahn2012labormarket
researcherid-numbers: Kahn, Lawrence/AAP-6684-2021
times-cited: '41'
title: 'Labor market policy: A comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor
market flexibility'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000298094900007
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '104'
volume: '31'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
year: '2012'