Flexibility - which in many European countries has been introduced or enhanced through the liberalization of non-standard contracts - does not necessarily imply work insecurity. By looking at a monetary measure of what one gets from the labor market and the social protection system in the medium...

In Italy over the last decade non-typical labour contracts have been increasingly used. Among them, much attention has been paid to the so-called "collaborazione coordinata e continuativa" (co.co.co.) contracts. These contracts may provide a buffer to entrants, displaced or retiring workers,...

In this paper we propose a dynamic partial equilibrium model in order to explain the search behaviour of low-skilled non employed workers, when their employability decreases as the unemployment spell lengthens. We show that the unemployed react to a reduction in their current search...