that began in our country during the last years of economic expansion, when the rate of growth of the open ended contracts … was the highest. The objective is to assess if it can be observed differences between the types of those open ended … contracts with different costs of entry and exit to employment as well as to measure the incidence on their duration depending …

quality has received less attention. If firms hire workers with both temporary and open-ended contracts, does participation … particular, we examine how labour supply reacted in Italy to a recent subsidy in favour of open-ended contracts. This subsidy …