“...This article provides a simple model that explains the choice between permanent and temporary jobs. This model, which incorporates important features of actual...”

“...In this paper, we generalize the study of the return to education undertaken in e.g. Laing et al. (1995) and Burdett and Smith (2002) to an environment where...”

“...We consider a dual labor market with a frictional formal sector and a competitive informal sector. We show that the size of the informal sector is generally...”

“...The design of employment protection legislation (EPL) is of particular importance in the European debate on the contours of labor-market reform. In this...”

“...Abstract This article analyses the consequences of the taxation of temporary jobs of short duration recently introduced in several European countries to induce...”

“...Confrontés depuis plus de trente ans à un chômage endémique, de nombreux pays ont choisi de réformer leur marché du travail. Ces réformes ont consacré le...”