In this edition:

• Spotlight on: minimum wages
• Top stories
• New articles
• Events
• In the news

The immigration debate within the UK Labour party continues. The party deliberates new migration policies to appeal to voters who want immigration to be "properly controlled."
Read about the debate

Unemployment in Europe's two largest economies rose unexpectedly in May, with record high figures in France and a surprise uptick in Germany. This was far removed from expectations of a 15,000 decrease.
Why has this happened?

A report from Strategy& revealed that women take up only 5% of chief executive positions, but predicted that this will increase to around 30% by 2040. However, women are more likely to be fired than men.
Find out why

• The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants
  Welfare benefits are not a key determinant of migration.
  Corrado Giulietti

• Do in-plant alliances foster employment?
  An instrument for responding to economic crisis or increasing competitiveness?
  Lutz Bellmann

• Employment protection
  Policymakers need to find the right balance between protecting workers and promoting efficient resource allocation and productivity growth.
  Stefano Scarpetta

• 9-10 June: IZA Workshop on Wage Rigidities and the Business Cycle IZA Bonn

• 15-18 June: SNF Sinergia: CEPR Conference on Economic Inequality, Labor Markets and International Trade Ascona, Switzerland

• 25-26 June: 9th IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development Lima, Peru

• 26-28 June: International Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) London, UK

• 27 June: Education and Labor Markets: Policy day Lima, Peru

• 27 June: Policy day media lunch Lima, Peru