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Labour market inequality between youth and adults: a special case?

In: Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality

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  • Gerhard Reinecke
  • Damian Grimshaw

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Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all.

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  • Gerhard Reinecke & Damian Grimshaw, 2015. "Labour market inequality between youth and adults: a special case?," Chapters, in: Janine Berg (ed.), Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality, chapter 14, pages 361-398, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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