The economics of imperfect labor markets

Today’s labor markets are witnessing seismic changes brought on by such factors as rising self-employment, temporary employment, zero-hour contracts, and the growth of the sharing economy. This fully updated and revised third edition of The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets reflects these and other ...

Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA

Are Europeans Lazy?or American Crazy?

In the last 50 years the gap in labour productivity between Europe and the US has narrowed considerably with estimates in 2005 suggesting a EU-US labour productivity gap of about 5 per cent. Yet, average per capita income in the EU is still about 30 ...

Immigration Policy and the Welfare System

A report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.

Immigrazione e stato sociale in Europa