@techreport{NBERw11286,
 title = "Labour Market Institutions Without Blinders: The Debate over Flexibility and Labour Market Performance",
 author = "Richard B. Freeman",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "11286",
 year = "2005",
 month = "May",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w11286",
 abstract = {The debate over the influence of labour market flexibility on performance is unlikely to be settled by additional studies using aggregate data and making cross-country comparisons. While this approach holds little promise, micro-analysis of workers and firms and increased use of experimental methods represent a path forward. Steps along this path could help end the current 'lawyer's case' empiricism in which priors dominate evidence.},
}