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Title:Manufacturing informality : global production networks and the reproduction of informalized labour regimes in Europe’s peripheries Author(s):BAGNARDI, Francesco
Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Informalized employment persists and emerges in new forms in advanced and developing economies although it often coincides with precariousness, unfair competition, and loss of revenues and state legitimacy. To investigate ...

Title:Essays on the economics of firms and of financial institutions Author(s):GATTI, Matteo
Date:2019Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2019
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Understanding the propagation of shocks throughout the economy is crucial for the design of policies and for their evaluation. Shock propagation hinges on a number of factors, among which market structure and the level of ...

Title:Unity or fracture : explaining political preference formation among large American, British, and German firms Author(s):SELLING, Niels
Date:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This is a theses on political preference formation, which refers to the ways in which actors learn to prefer one political option over another. In political science, these actors are usually private citizens, in their role ...

Title:The regime change and social inequality : educational and job careers in the Soviet and post-Soviet Era Author(s):KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya
Date:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent rapid shifts in economic, political, and social institutional arrangements – labeled here as a regime change – offer a unique opportunity to explore how patterns of social ...

Title:Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings Author(s):APITZSCH, BirgitDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/26Abstract:Over recent decades, we have witnessed profound changes in labour markets with an increase in flexible forms of work and employment, driven by organizational restructuring and institutional change at the macro- and at the ...
Title:Media Recruitment and Employment Practices Author(s):MARKOVA, Eugenia; MCKAY, SoniaDate:2011Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:MEDIVA; 2011/03; Thematic Reports; [Global Governance Programme]; [Cultural Pluralism]Abstract:A number of researchers in recent years have focused on the changes in employment patterns within the media industry that have resulted in the decline of what was seen as relatively secure full-time employment substituted ...
Title:Credit within the Firm Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; PISTAFERRI, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, FabianoDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/16Abstract:We exploit time variation in the degree of development of local credit markets and matched employer-employee data to assess the role of the firm as an internal credit market. In less developed local credit markets firms ...
Title:Shaping labour immigration : the role of labour market institutions in advanced democracies Author(s):DEVITT, CamillaDate:2010Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2010
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The aim of this thesis is to investigate the understudied nexus between immigration and labour market institutions. Bridging migration theory and comparative political economy, it is argued that variation in labour market ...
Title:Globalisation and Labour Markets Author(s):O'FARRELL, RoryDate:2010Citation:
- Florence, European University Institute, 2010
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: to cooperate internationally if they are substitutes in production and if the reservation wage is low. The second chapter looks at how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can affect wages and unemployment. While the increase ...
Title:Institutional and regulatory competition in Europe : connecting some pieces of the puzzle on when, how and why it can work Author(s):GABOR, BarbaraDate:2010Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2010
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis aims to detect and describe some determinants of the emergence, functioning and implications of institutional competition within the EU. Starting from elements in existing literature, an analytical framework ...