TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Saint-Paul, Gilles
        TI  - Why Are European Countries Diverging in Their Unemployment Experience?
        PY  - 2004/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1066
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1066
        AB  - During the nineties, unemployment has fallen in a number of European countries while it has
remained high in others. The paper discusses potential causes for that evolution in light of
recent economic research, emphasizing obstacles to reform due to political constraints, the
prevalence of ideology, and agency issues within those bureaucracies concerned with the
unemployment problem. Some speculative thoughts are offered as to why those factors
might be more stringent in countries where unemployment remained high.
        KW  - labour market reform
KW  - ideology
KW  - unemployment
KW  - political economy
KW  - flexibility
        ER  -