Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- John Edwards -- PART I: STATE, SOCIETY AND EMPLOYMENT -- 2. Flexibility: In Search of a New Social Settlement -- Jean-Paul Revauger -- 3. Fleixibility and Policies in Employment Reflections -- from Several European Countries -- Jean-Louis Meyer...

In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...

Does the educational track (technical or professional, as opposed to general) provide individuals with networks that are useful in the labor market? And how do these networks help? In this paper, we consider the effect of the educational track on the means by which individuals find employment,...