Economics for everybody : Corporate Responsibility in the labor market by Francesco del Prato

Society is increasingly skeptical of companies prioritizing profit over community well-being. The question of how to balance these two concepts is becoming increasingly important for citizens and some companies.

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How to measure corporate responsibility in the labor market? Are companies inherently responsible, or do they develop this quality over time? What is the impact of their behavior towards employees?

Francesco Del Prato develops a multidimensional indicator, enabling to measure corporate responsibility in the labor market more transparently.

Francesco Del Prato is postdoctoral fellow at the Paris School of Economics. His field of research is Macro/Labor Economics. In particular, he studies labor market dynamics and public policy effects. His research explores job transitions, firm decisions, and policy impacts, utilizing structural, reduced-form methods and administrative microdata.

From the work:
Del Prato F. & Fleurbaey M., “Responsible Firms on the Labor Market”, forthcoming.

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