The result of a four-year long comparative research study centered at the European
University Institute in Florence, Italy, and financed by the European Commission's Sixth …

The mission of a museum is essentially cultural, however this is not the case for all
museums. There are a minority of universally famous museums, like the Tate Liverpool, the …

The purpose of this study was to examine how Olympians experience the transition to a
second career, to identify the strategies they may or may not implement in order to prepare …

This study investigates the relationship between manufacturing firms' innovation activity
(measured by product innovation, process innovation, and R&D activities) and their …

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy are at the core of research and
study in economics. The essays in this volume have been specifically commissioned and …

Empirical evidence has shown the existence of a negative relationship between the rates of
unemployment and real wages. If pensions are computed according to the wages that …

The insider-outsider politics approach conjectures that moderate unions and centre-left
parties safeguard the interests of insiders and neglect outsiders in labour market reforms …

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the relationship between the financial crisis and the real
economic crisis in Spain. The main hypothesis put forward by this chapter is that …

El tradicional tratamiento neoclásico del funcionamiento del mercado de trabajo contrasta
profundamente con la realidad de dicho mercado. Así, los mercados de trabajo se …

One of the peculiarities of the Spanish labour market has been the existence of a high share
of temporary employment, a result of the 1984 labour reform which made the use of …