?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F902%2F&rft.title=Young+workers+flows+and+short-term+contracts&rft.creator=Tealdi%2C+Cristina&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HD+Industries.+Land+use.+Labor&rft.description=The+issue+of+fixed+term+contract+in+the+labor+market+is+not+a+problem+of+the+past.+In+the+last+ten+years+the+share+of+temporary+contracts+has+been+growing+in+many+European+countries.+Moreover%2C+the+category+of+young+workers+seems+to+be+the+most+affected.+This+paper+develops+a+search+model+in+which+firms+hire+young+and+old+workers+either+on+a+short-term+or+on+a+long-term+contract.+The+firm+decision+is+driven+mainly+by+two+key+parameters%3A+the+length+of+the+short-term+contract+and+the+firing+cost+associated+with+the+long-term+contract.+The+presence+of+full+or+asymmetric+information+in+the+economy+affects+the+contract+choice+of+the+firm+and%2C+consequently%2C+the+steady-state+distribution+of+unemployment+across+types.+Simulation+and+estimation+exercises+are+performed%3B+the+availability+of+data+on+the+Italian+labor+market+will+contribute+to+the+completion+of+the+paper.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Tealdi%2C+Cristina++Young+workers+flows+and+short-term+contracts.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2009++++++++(Unpublished)+++