Aims and Scope

The mission of Perspectives in Labor Economics Journal is to foster research and reflection on the role of labor dynamics in economic development, social regulation, and public policy. The journal welcomes a wide range of topics, structured around the following themes:

  • Labor market functioning: analysis of labor supply and demand, wage formation, unemployment, underemployment, informality, and occupational mobility.
  • Labor institutions and regulation: the role of trade unions, collective bargaining, wage policies, and labor legislation in regulating the labor market.
  • Education, skills, and human capital: the effects of education, vocational training, reskilling, and skill development on employability and productivity.
  • Inequalities and labor market segmentation: gender, age, status, and origin-based inequalities; segmentation between stable and precarious jobs; discrimination and unequal access to opportunities.
  • Employment policies and social protection: evaluation of public policies designed to stimulate employment, reduce unemployment, protect vulnerable workers, and support professional transitions.
  • Labor and globalization: the impact of international trade, foreign investment, and global value chains on employment, wages, and working conditions.
  • Technology, digitalization, and the future of work: the effects of automation, artificial intelligence, and platform economies on jobs and forms of work.
  • Industrial relations and social dialogue: dynamics between employers and employees, transformations in trade unionism, collective bargaining, and social mediation.
  • Labor and well-being: analysis of job quality, stress, occupational health, work-life balance, and determinants of worker well-being.
  • International and interdisciplinary comparisons: cross-country studies on labor dynamics in developed, emerging, and developing economies; contributions from related disciplines such as sociology, law, management, and political science.

This thematic diversity makes the journal a privileged venue for publishing theoretical, empirical, quantitative, qualitative, and interdisciplinary research on economic and social transformations linked to labor.