Outsiders are gradually getting inside labour markets
Reforms are underway worldwide to boost labour market flexibility, albeit against resistance from incumbent job holders
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- More protection, longer tenure, higher unemployment
- Rigidity
- More part-timers
- Scarring younger workers
- Belgium
- Greater flexibility underway
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_350.jpg "Demonstrators protest against a new labour law in Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris, France (Reuters/Charles Platiau)")