In this paper we leverage a labour market reform (Fornero Law) which reduced firing
restrictions for open-ended contracts in the case of firms with more than 15 employees in …

Noncompete agreements limiting the mobility of workers have been found to be widespread
in the United States, a flexible and lightly regulated labor market. We explore the use of …

This paper investigates the effects of environmental jurisdiction on energy efficiencies by
exploring the quasi-natural experiment of China's establishment of environmental courts …

This paper assesses the effect of the creation of specialised intimate partner violence (IPV)
courts on the reporting of IPV, and the incidence of IPV homicides in Spain. We find that the …

Turning a 'blind eye'to non‐compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes
presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming …

Compliance with labour laws has costs and benefits which depend on the institutional
environment in which firms operate. Although several studies have shown a negative effect …

We investigate how labour market institutions shape the labour response to acute
cardiovascular shocks in a highly regulated labour market over the long run. Using Italian …

We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on workers' fertility decisions.
Using data from the Italian Labor Force Survey for 2013–18, we analyse how the propensity …

This paper documents the existence of judge-specific differences on granting compensation
for wrongful dismissal and shows that their consequences are different for small low …

In this study, we leverage on Italy's size-contingent firing restrictions to identify the causal
effect of employment protection legislation (EPL) on firm-provided training using a …