Gender unemployment dynamics in six European countries

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 the fluctuations of male and female unemployment rates. It finds that gender differences in the separation rate explain both the determination and the evolution of the gender unemployment gap. It attributes these differences to female attachment to the labour force.Gender unemployment gap, labour market flows

The effect of temporary contracts on job security of permanent workers

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.Dual labour markets Temporary employment

From dictatorship to crisis: The evolution of top income shares in Greece

The paper calculates the top income shares in Greece from 1967 (the seizure of power by the military dictatorship) until 2017 (the aftermath of the debt crisis). This long-run perspective allows us to examine the relationship be- tween income distribution and institutional transformations, namely democracy, finance and crisis. We find that the evolution of top income shares broadly corresponds to discrete political and economic arrangements, in particular (a) transition to democracy did not affect the income shares of the top decile, whereas social democracy had a signi_cant negative impact (b) _financial development and liberalization substantially increased the top decile shares (c) debt crisis, consolidation and recession were beneficial for the up- per ranks of the top decile