Educational expansion has often been discussed in terms of possiblydeclining returns to education. The theoretical debate provides arguments supportingboth expectations about declining and increasing returns. Declining returns wouldnot only menace individual investment strategies but also put...

Female employment grew considerably over the last decades. This is true for Italy like for the rest of Europe, although Italy still has to go a long way to reach the levels of female labour market participation of other European countries. In this paper we investigate some of the possible...

The article investigates the determinants and consequences of atypical jobs in Italy, using longitudinal micro-data and comparing North-South regions. We demonstrate that the "partial and targeted" labour market deregulation, as implemented in Italy since the '80s, did not solve the "high...

Labor market ‘flexibilization' or ‘deregulation' is seen by many as a requirement for economic and occupational growth. As one route towards more flexibility, many European countries increased the so-called atypical or non-standard forms of employment while leaving the regulation of existing...