Regional Labor Markets

The problem of European unemployment has traditionally been studied as anational phenomenon. Various national studies have developed a hypothesis- the labor market hypothesis - that prescribes a series of reforms in labormarkets as the cure to unemployment. But do these reforms really work? Andis there a regional dimension or a continent-wide dimension to the problemof European unemployment?The book 'Regional Labor Markets Unemployment and Inequality in Europe'departs from the labor market flexibility hypothesis in distinct ways: first itchanges the unit of analysis to the regional level to explore the regional dimensionand second it incorporates the relationship between pay-inequalityand unemployment. With these changes forces at the regional national andcontinental levels affecting the unemployment rate are included in theanalysis. The book is aimed at economists policymakers political scientistsand professors and students of economics in general.