El documento presenta los cambios establecidos por la reforma laboral de la Ley 35/2010 en cuanto a contratación temporal. Asimismo, también se realiza una comparación de las legislaciones vigentes en Reino Unido, Alemania y Francia. Se trata de un breve análisis que nos permite observar si,...

Immigrants face higher barriers to entry into occupations that rely on social skills. As a result, they are less likely to pose a labor market threat to workers who hold social skill-intensive jobs in the recipient country. Using data from the 7th round of the European Social Survey and the...

The paper discusses the role and the challenges before Public Employment Services (PES) of the European Union in contemporary conditions of dynamically changed economic and social environment. Recent trends on labor markets (in European and national Bulgarian scope) are analyzed outlining the...

This paper provides an analysis of recent reforms of tax-benefit systems and a preliminary assessment of their impact on financial incentives to work and on labour supply. Many Member States have introduced policies to “make work pay” and have targeted low-wage workers with the aim of...

This paper examines the impact of robotisation on workplace safety in EU manufacturing sectors between 2011 and 2019. To address endogeneity concerns, we employ an instrumental variable approach and find that robot adoption reduces both injuries and fatalities. Specifically, a 10% increase in...

This paper examines the impact of robotisation on workplace safety in EU manufacturing sectors between 2011 and 2019. To address endogeneity concerns, we employ an instrumental variable approach and find that robot adoption reduces both injuries and fatalities. Specifically, a 10% increase in...

The objective of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the public sector when it comes to labor market policy (LMP) in European Union (EU) countries. The primary aim is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of public services connected with the LMP from the viewpoint of the efficiency of...

Previous studies show that reforms in labor market policies differ across countries. This may be partly owing to the impact of European integration on these policy reforms. Whereas most of these studies are qualitative case studies, the present study aims at explaining cross-national variation...

The aim of the project is to develop a methodology for evaluating flexicurity policies of the member states.The background is formed by the growing importance attached to flexicurity and work-life balance (WLB) policies within the European Employment Strategy (EES) and the need to monitor and...