Labour Market Adjustments in Europe

Edited by Julián Messina, Universidad de Alicante, Claudio Michelacci, CEMFI, Madrid, Spain, Jarkko Turunen, International Monetary Fund (IMF), US and Gylfi Zoega, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland and Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

• Contents: Introduction Julián Messina, Claudio Michelacci, Jarkko Turunen and Gylfi Zoega1. New Monopsony, Institutions and Training Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi and Gylfi ZoegaDiscussionThorvaldur Gylfason2. Cyclicality of Real Wages in the Euro Area and OECD Countries Julián Messina, Chiara Strozzi and Jarkko TurunenDiscussionKarl Pichelmann3. Pension Systems, Social Transfer Programmes and the Retirement Decision in OECD Countries Romain DuvalDiscussionHector Sala4. The Effects of Employment Protection and Product Market Regulations on the Italian Labour Market Adriana D. Kugler and Giovanni PicaDiscussionMonique Ebell5. On the Determinants of Job Flows in Europe: Sectoral Factors and Institutions Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julián Messina and Giovanna VallantiDiscussionSascha O. Becker6. The Effect of Home-Ownership on Labour Mobility in the NetherlandsMichiel van Leuvensteijn and Pierre Koning DiscussionAnna Sanz-de-Galdeano7. The Impact of Credit Constraints on Household Formation Nuno C. Martins and Ernesto VillanuevaDiscussionPierre KoningIndex

'. . . the book is an interesting contribution to the literature on labour market practices in Europe. The important statistics and analysis conducted by the authors in the book have important implications for scholars in the international entrepreneurship field wanting to know more about the diverse labour practices in Europe.'