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Hiring incentives and labour force participation in Italy
Date Issued
2004-11
Date Available
2009-02-11T16:24:21Z
Abstract
A long-standing economic tradition maintains that labour supply reacts to market tightness; its sensitivity to job quality has received less attention. If firms hire workers with both temporary and open-ended contracts, does participation increase when more permanent jobs are available? We investigate this relationship within a policy evaluation framework; in particular, we examine how labour supply reacted in Italy to a recent subsidy in favour of open-ended contracts. This subsidy increased labour force participation by 1.4% in 2001 and 2.1% in 2002. This increase was concentrated on males aged 35-54, with a low or at most a secondary schooling level.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Bocconi University
Journal
Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia
Volume
63
Issue
2
Start Page
161
End Page
203
Copyright (Published Version)
2004 Bocconi University
Classification
D78
H25
J22
J38
Subject – LCSH
Labor supply--Italy
Labor contract--Italy
Labor market--Italy
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Paper prepared for the ECB-CEPR workship "What explains the pattern of labour supply in Europe", Frankfurt, 23-24 June 2003
ISSN
0017-0097
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