This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advanceswhich pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under thefollowing (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turnto a task-based...

We analyze empirically the effects of urban agglomeration on Italian college graduates’ workpossibilities as entrepreneurs three years after graduation. We find that each 100,000inhabitant-increase in the size of the individual’s province of work reduces the chances ofbeing an entrepreneur...

This paper focuses on the relationship between firms’ technological capabilities and differentforms of cooperation for innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels,i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region. Our findings, based on the Fourth UKCommunity...