France and Spain have similar labour market institutions and their unemployment rates were
both around 8% just before the Great Recession but subsequently that rate has increased to …

This article provides a simple model that explains the choice between permanent and
temporary jobs. This model, which incorporates important features of actual employment …

It is often shown that temporary employees generally perceive their job insecurity to be
higher than permanent employees. However, substantial variations in this perceived job …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the Italian total factor productivity (TFP) growth
for the 1995-2012 period that takes into account the factors explaining cross-regional …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great
Recession in France and Spain. Their labor market institutions are similar and their …

This paper aims to shed some light on the dynamics of the Spanish labor market, using data
from the Spanish Labor Force Survey for the period 1987 to 2010. We examine transition …

This paper quantifies the combined effect on-the-job training and workers' on-the-job
learning decisions have on aggregate employment. Initially, we present an index of on-the …

Using harmonised micro data, this paper investigates the effects of the early phase (2008-
10) of the recent economic crisis on transitions between labour market states in Europe. Our …

It is widely confirmed that Okun's law, the negative relationship between output and the
unemployment rate, varies across countries. We take a new approach to investigate the …

En esta crisis económica el mercado de trabajo español ha generado paro a un ritmo
superior al de todos los países de la OCDE, alcanzando la tasa también más elevada. La …