Subjects:

“…term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of active labor market policies. …”

“…Similar divides are expected for unemployment benefits: as insiders and outsiders have diverging unemployment risks, they should demand different levels of protection. …”

“…Besides institutional variables influencing external numerical flexibility (employment protection, unemployment benefit system and active labor market policies, taxation and wage setting) we include further institutions which can be assumed to influence adaptability (education, working-time arrangements and firm-specific vocational training)."…”