This paper provides a critical review of the recent empirical evidence on the links between
regulations affecting the hiring and firing of workers, labour reallocation and productivity …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the heterogeneous results about the impact of
temporary jobs on subsequent labour market performances and to provide policymakers …

We review the literature on recent changes to US employment relationships, focusing on the
causes of those changes and their consequences for inequality. The US employment model …

It is well established that a small number of firms, known as fast-growth firms or Gazelles,
create most new jobs. Despite the importance of this topic from a policy point of view, most …

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 …

Using data from the European Community Household Panel on six countries over the period
1995–2001, this article investigates the determinants of workers' participation in training …

This article examines the moderating role of employee representation on the chances of
receiving employer-paid training among temporary and permanent workers from a cross …

Recent papers in the economic literature emphasise that the use of temporary contracts (TE)
could have a detrimental effect on productivity. However, there are different reasons to …

The liberalisation of temporary contracts has led to a sizeable share of jobs covered by
temporary contracts. This article proposes a matching model of unemployment in which …

Purpose This paper aims to study the type of short-time work (STW) schemes implemented
in Spain to preserve jobs and workers' incomes during the COVID-19 crisis and the …