We examine the effect of dismissal regulation on productivity in the OECD, using annual
cross-country aggregate data on the stringency of employment protection legislation and …

In this article, we build an equilibrium search and matching model of an economy with an
informal sector. Our model extends by allowing for ex ante worker heterogeneity with respect …

In developing economies, the fraction of informal workers can be as high as 70% of total
employment. For economies with significant informal sectors, business cycle fluctuations …

This study estimates the effect of employment protection legislation on wages, exploiting the
1990 Italian reform that introduced unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees. We …

This paper is the first to examine the implications of switching to PT work for women's
subsequent earnings trajectories, distinguishing by their type of contract: permanent or fixed …

Using Spanish Social Security records, we document the channels through which mothers
fall onto a lower earnings track, such as shifting into part-time work, accumulating lower …

Abstract We extend the Diamond–Mortensen–Pissarides model of equilibrium
unemployment to incorporate public-sector employment. We calibrate our model to …

Immigrants' employment status has worsened during the Great Recession in Spain. How
much of this worsening is due to the recession, and how much to a composition effect …

This paper investigates the effect of Employment Protection Legislations for regular and
temporary employment on Japanese firm-level FDI into Western Europe during the late …

A well-established finding in the literature is that self-employment enables mothers to
accommodate work and family needs better than when they are engaged in organizational …