The paper employs a simple dynamic model of dual labour demand and finds that temporary labour carries a potential negative effect on job security of permanent workers. This effect increases with the wage differential and decreases with the firing cost.

This short empirical paper examines the unemployment dynamics in Greece both in the long run and during the current crisis. Using monthly data from 2001 until mid-2012 it finds that unemployment fluctuations were predominantly driven by the job finding rate. Nevertheless, during the current...

The paper investigates unemployment dynamics in six European countries with a particular focus on the gender dimension. Applying a recently established methodology on widely available LFS annual data it calculates the job finding and separation rates and estimates their relative contributions to...

Although, during the current Greek crisis, male employment retreated much more than female employment, the gender unemployment gap remained remarkably stable. To explain this outcome we have analysed labour market flows by sex using descriptive statistics and counterfactual techniques. Empirical...