policies and to study the problem of unemployment. These notes mean to provide an exhaustive introduction to the study of the …

In this paper, we explore the fluctuations of unemployment and vacancies in the Italian labour market over the last … line with previous findings on the unemployment volatility puzzle, we find that the labour market tightness indicator is …

In this paper, we explore the fluctuations of unemployment and vacancies in the Italian labour market over the last … line with previous findings on the unemployment volatility puzzle, we find that the tightness indicator is more volatile … countries only by using the official measure of vacancies. In addition, we show that a model with segmented labour markets and …

lack of compensating differentials for unemployment risk can arise in equilibrium when all workers are identical, and firms … differ, but do so only in offered job security (the probability that the worker is not sent into unemployment). In a setting … where workers search on and off the job, wages paid increase with job security for at least all firms in the risky tail of …

unemployment. Member States should continue along the line of reforms followed so far. The Commission has stressed the importance …