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 paper studies the relationship between wage inequality and skill demand and its connection to worker and firm heterogeneity. Using linked employer-employee data from Italy and skill demand data from online job vacancies, we find…
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…
Traditional labor market data provide very limited knowledge about the type and skill content of jobs. Yet, the profound labor market transformations due to rapid technological and organizational changes call for a better understanding of work skill…