Arbeitspapier

Flexicurity in Belgium : a proposal based on economic principles

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an environment in which relationships between workers and firms were typically long-lasting and stable. The increasing globalisation of the economy and the rapid technological and organisational changes require more flexibility leading to career paths which are much more volatile both within and between firms. Current institutions must be therefore urgently reformed to reconcile this new need of more flexibility with that of security for workers. Rather than proposing a reform on the basis of existing institutions abroad, we propose a reform that is explicitly guided by economic principles.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2655

Classification
Wirtschaft
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
Subject
flexicurity
employment protection
unemployment insurance
active labour market policies
optimal design
Flexicurity
Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung
Soziale Sicherung
Sozialreform
Arbeitslosenversicherung
Kündigungsschutz
Arbeitsbeziehungen
Belgien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Cockx, Bart Leo Wim
van der Linden, Bruno
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2009

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Cockx, Bart Leo Wim
  • van der Linden, Bruno
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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