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Economic and labour market change and policies: Before and beyond austerity in Europe

In: Trade Unions and Migrant Workers

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  • Jason Heyes
  • Thomas Hastings

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European labour markets and labour market policies have been substantially affected by the economic crisis that unfolded after 2008. Following the initial increase in government spending aimed at offsetting the financial crisis, EU countries began, to varying degrees, to embrace austerity, cutting public spending while seeking to reignite economic growth by introducing structural reforms. This chapter examines the impact of the crisis on the labour markets of different EU member countries and the policies that have been adopted to address these impacts. The chapter also examines the consequences of the crisis for migration within the EU. The chapter concludes with some reflections on the current policy drift within the EU and the implications for the European Commission’s flexicurity agenda and ambitions relating to Europe 2020.

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  • Jason Heyes & Thomas Hastings, 2017. "Economic and labour market change and policies: Before and beyond austerity in Europe," Chapters, in: Stefania Marino & Judith Roosblad & Rinus Penninx (ed.), Trade Unions and Migrant Workers, chapter 2, pages 23-42, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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