This paper studies labour market transitions out of temporary jobs in Italy, focussing on the period that immediately follows the last 2003 labour market reform, and immediately preceding the economic downturn of the second half of 2007. The data-set used is the 2004-2007 IT-SILC individual...

Presents the findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. This book provides a conceptual and empirical study of the interactions between the European economy and its regions, paying particular attention to the issue of the transition of Central and Eastern European countries...

An Overview of the Main Issues and the Role of Structural Change -- Structural Change and Labour Reallocation Across Regions: A Review of the Literature -- Organized Labour and Restructuring: Coal Mines in the Czech Republic and Romania -- New Evidence on Spatial Convergence -- Labour...

Purpose – How many hours per week should workers in the USA and Germany spend at their paying jobs? The present paper aims to address this question by constructing policymakers' reaction functions capable of modelling the optimal length of working time as a function of the relevant labour...