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Varieties of labour administration in Europe and the consequences of the Great Recession

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  • Maria Gavris

    (University of Warwick, UK)

  • Jason Heyes

    (University of Sheffield, UK)

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This article focuses on national public administration activities that relate to employment, social protection and industrial relations. The International Labour Organization (ILO) refers to these activities collectively as ‘labour administration’ and regards the bodies that conduct them within individual countries as together forming national systems of labour administration. This article explores the concept of ‘national system of labour administration’ and considers the potential contribution of comparative institutional analysis in understanding how national systems are organised and change over time. The article also compares the organisation of national labour administration systems in European Union (EU) countries and analyses how these systems have developed since the start of the economic crisis that erupted in 2008.

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  • Maria Gavris & Jason Heyes, 2021. "Varieties of labour administration in Europe and the consequences of the Great Recession," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 42(4), pages 1282-1304, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:42:y:2021:i:4:p:1282-1304
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X19861749
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