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Towards an Understanding of the recent European Labour Market Reforms: A New Case Study in Comparative Capitalism?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Malcolm MacLaren

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The series of labour market reforms recently introduced across Europe may have struck many observers in North America, as it did critics on the continent, as incongruous. The reforms, whose main purpose is to extend worker protection, come at a time when economic growth on the continent is slowing markedly. From the perspective of German, French, Spanish and European legislators, however, the reforms are sensible and timely, conducive to international competitiveness. How can these diametrically opposed assessments about such a fundamental matter be explained?

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Research Article
Information
German Law Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 11 , 2001 , E5
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by German Law Journal GbR 

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