Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, taking as
reference a perfectly competitive market in which losing a job is not a big deal. The …

Most of the recent literature on the effects of labor market institutions on wages and
employment draws on reforms used as natural experiments. This is a significant …

This paper reviews the existing evidence on workplace training in Europe in different data
sources-the CVTS, OECD data and the European Community Household Panel. We outline …

This paper discusses theoretical aspects and evidences related to designing labor market
institutions in emerging market and developing economies. This note reviews the state of …

What new tools and models are enriching labor economics?" Developments in Research
Methods and their Application"(volume 4A) summarizes recent advances in the ways …

This article provides an overview of empirical and theoretical research on dual labor
markets. It revisits the labor-market effects of dual employment protection legislation as well …

This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment
protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to …

The view that “structural reforms” designed to deregulate the labour market would be able to
increase employment and income is questioned by controversial empirical results, while the …

We investigate the effects of two reforms of temporary employment using panel data on
Italian firms. We exploit variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for …

This paper uses longitudinal data on individuals from the European Community Household
Panel over the 1996–2001 period to investigate the impact of reforms of employment …