Mariano Mamertino is an Economist at Indeed. Mariano’s analysis contributes to reports, blogs, and research bulletins from the Indeed Hiring Lab, a global research institute committed to advancing the knowledge of job seekers and talent acquisition professionals worldwide. He studies Indeed data on how people are searching for jobs to better understand the state of the global labor market. Mariano holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Economics from Bocconi University. In the past, he has worked as a research fellow at Central European University in Budapest, and as a junior research officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. He is among the authors of the ILO’s flagship report “World of Work 2014: Developing With Jobs” and he has collaborated on several institutional and academic publications. His main research interests are skills, job matching, job search/hiring practices and labour markets.
Last week’s vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has plunged the continent into a state of crisis. No country has left the bloc since Greenland quit the EU’s predecessor, the European Economic Community, in 1985—and while negotiations over the UK’s departure are supposed to take two years under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, nobody knows …
After a debate that has raged for months, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on June 23rd to decide whether to stay inside the European Union or opt for a “Brexit” and leave. And while there are many disagreements between the “remain” and “leave” camps, both sides agree on one thing at least: The stakes are high.
How high? …
