Abstract The Italian Jobs Act introduced a subsidy for new hirings as well as a new open
ended labor contract based on graded security, with severance payments increasing with …

Abstract The Italian Jobs Act provides a unique natural experiment for testing the labor
market effects of graded security in dual labor markets. The reform introduced a new labor …

All OECD countries have either legally mandated severance pay or compensations imposed
by industry-level bargaining in case of employer initiated job separations. The paper shows …

Muitas pesquisas têm sido conduzidas sobre a definição e evolução do tema inovação
organizacional, como também sobre o impacto deste tipo de inovação no desempenho …

All OECD countries have either legally mandated severance pay or compensations imposed
by industry-level bargaining in case of employer initiated job separations. According to the …

Employment has fallen during this recession but by much less than the fall in output. This
article examines how the behaviour of the labour market compares with previous …

The fact that crossing a political border dramatically reduces trade flows has been widely
documented in the literature. The increasing number of borders has surprisingly attracted …

This paper models the relationship between growth and volatility for G7 economies in the
time period 1960-2009. It delivers for the first time estimates of this relationship based on a …

Employment protection is the results of labour laws and other institutional factors as well-
which are not encompassed in offi cial legislation. Courts' delay is settling labour disputes …

All OECD countries have either legally mandated severance pay or compensations imposed
by industry-level bargaining in case of employer initiated job separations. According to the …