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Table 10 Country classification according to employment protection legislation, product market regulation and social expenditure levels

From: Immigration and careers of European workers: effects and the role of policies

High

Low

  EPL

Product market

  regulation

Social

  EPL

Product market

  regulation

  Social

expenditure

Belgium

Austria

Austria

Austria

Denmark

Greece

France

Belgium

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

Ireland

Greece

Greece

Denmark

Finland

France

Netherlands

Portugal

Portugal

Finland

Ireland

Ireland

Portugal

Spain

Spain

France

Netherlands

Netherlands

Spain

   

UK

UK

UK

  1. Source: OECD (2012) for Social Expenditure, OECD (2011) for Product Market Regulation and OECD (1999) for EPL.