This paper studies the relationship between wage inequality and skill demand and its connection to worker and firm heterogeneity. Combining linked employer-employee data from Italy with aggregate-level information on detailed skill requirements…
In recent years, several European countries have modified policies concerning temporary employment contracts, oscillating between liberalizations and restraints in a bid to balance employment flexibility and job stability. We study the effects of a…
This report investigates whether recent Portuguese emigration is tapping into or draining the country’s growing pool of university graduates. We begin by analyzing aggregate data from the Observatório da Emigração to identify major destination countries…
This paper examines the impact of increasing the relative cost of fixed-term contracts on labor demand as well as the demand for standard measures of human capital and specific skill requirements. We evaluate a 2018 Italian labor law…