This panel consists of five papers dealing with different aspects of labor market driven inequalities in Europe. Two papers will discuss the impact of recent labour market reforms on the structure of social inequality. Moreover, two papers will investigate institutional mechanisms behind the recent rise in wage inequality. Finally, one paper is intended to shed more light on the nexus of non-standard employment and the risk of being trapped in low-paid emplyoment.  

The authors and titles of the papers are listed below:

1. Paolo Barbieri/Giorgio Cutuli (University of Trento): Employment regimes, labour market dualism and inequality in Europe
2. Michael Gebel/Johannes Giesecke (University of Mannheim/University of Bamberg): Does deregulation help? The impact of employment protection reforms on youths’ non-employment and temporary employment risks in Europe
3. Thijs Bol/Kim Weeden (University of Amsterdam/ Cornell University): Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality in Germany and the United Kingdom
4. Martin Groß (University of Tübingen): Collective bargaining and the increase of wage inequality in Germany
5. Roland Teitzer/Roland Verwiebe/ Nina-Sophie Fritsch (University of Vienna): Non-standard workers trapped in low-paid employment? Findings for Austria within a European Context