Browsing ECO Working Papers by Author "FACCINI, Renato"

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Title: Labor-Market Volatility in the Search-and-Matching Model: The Role of Investment-Specific Technology Shocks Author(s): FACCINI, Renato; ORTIGUEIRA, Salvador Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Shocks to investment-specific technology have been identified as a main source of U.S. aggregate output volatility. In this paper we assess the contribution of these shocks to the volatility of labor market variables, ...
Title: Reassessing Labor Market Reforms: Temporary Contracts as a Screening Device Author(s): FACCINI, Renato Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Standard models of temporary contracts are either inconclusive, or fail to ac- count for the positive correlation between temporary contracts and the employ- ment rate, and for the high transition rates into permanent ...
Title: Unemployment and Within-Group Wage Inequality: Can Information Explain the Trade-Off? Author(s): FACCINI, Renato Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In Italy, following WWII, speci c hiring procedures were developed that prevented rms from screening workers. More in particular, these institutions char- acterized the Italian labor market with respect to the US labor ...

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