In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in theperiod 1999-2003. We explain …

In a perfect labor market severance payments can have no real effects as they can beundone by a properly designed labor … contract (Lazear 1990). We give empirical content tothis proposition by estimating the effects of EPL on entry wages and on the …

Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thushas been addressed in several …, heterogeneous andmultifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality inTurkey is mixed and scant … labor market states andidentifying the effects of certain individual and job characteristics on variant mobility patterns …

This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs andself-employment in three … Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately atthe markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring …

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workersmay be assortative, meaning …

terminated receives a termination contract from the firm and is then freeto go back to the labor market to seek new employment …In an equilibrium model of the labor market, workers and firms enter intodynamic contracts that can potentially last …, respectively, the two kinds of labor market separationsthat are typically observed in practice: involuntary layoffs and …