This paper analyses the effect of contract type on the rate of work-related accidents in Italy and Spain, using the 1999 Labour Force Survey 'ad hoc module'. We find that, once personal and job characteristics of workers are controlled for, the differences in the probability of suffering a work...

This paper analyzes the effect of contract type on the rate of work-related accidents in Italy and Spain, using the 1999 LFS ad hoc module. This database provides, for the first time, the possibility of analyzing not only work accidents by contract type; it also allows us to relate these...

The focus of this piece of work is the study of wage differentials between two broad types of workers, classified according to the nature of the employment contract they hold: either temporary or permanent. We intend to find out whether wage differentials between these two groups of workers are...

Replacing illicit crops with cacao in Colombia's South-Pacific region involves social-ecological restoration, linked to local and international NGOs' roles. Technical improvements are contingent on social progress to support vulnerable Afro-Colombian communities in a territory typically...