This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It providesevidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend tohave different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standardmodels tend to...

This paper assesses the impact of product market competition on job instability as proxied bythe use of fixed-term labor contracts. Using both worker data from the Spanish Labor ForceSurvey and firm data from the Spanish Business Strategies Survey, I show that job instabilityrises with...

This chapter reviews the literature on employment and labor law. The goal of the review is tounderstand why every jurisdiction in the world has extensive employment law, particularlyemployment protection law, while most economic analysis of the law suggests that lessemployment protection would...