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Bubble Economics and Structural Change: The Cases of Spain and France Compared

Agnese, Pablo; Hromcová, Jana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper delves into the recent events that led to the formation of the housing bubble in Spain and the resulting structural change that is arguably needed to put the economy back into the right track. For this purpose we calibrate a model with different equilibria descriptive of the labor...

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A Kaldor Matching Model of Real Wage Declines

Sattinger, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

A model linking macroeconomic phenomena and income distribution in balanced growth equilibria is developed as a variant to the Kaldor model of factor shares. It departs from the original Kaldor model in assuming equal savings rates and production determined by a matching process between workers...

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The Effect of (Mostly Unskilled) Immigration on the Innovation of Italian Regions

Bratti, Massimiliano; Conti, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation during 2003-2008. Using instrumental variables estimation (based on immigrants' enclaves), we find that the overall stock of immigrants did not have any effect on innovation....

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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy

Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

from the home country affect the decision to work of immigrants in Italy, using the National Survey of Households with … Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women …

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Public Employment Policies and Regional Unemployment Differences

Caponi, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper contributes to the existing literature on public employment showing that the wage setting policy of the public sector can be an important determinant of private employment and unemployment. I look at the case of geographically homogeneous wages across regions with different private...

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Delayed First Birth and New Mothers' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Biological Fertility Shocks

Bratti, Massimiliano; Cavalli, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate the impact of delaying the first birth on Italian mothers' labor market outcomes around childbirth. The effect of postponing motherhood is identified using biological fertility shocks, namely the occurrence of miscarriages and stillbirths. Focusing on mothers' behavior around...

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The European Youth Guarantee: Labor Market Context, Conditions and Opportunities in Italy

Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This essay aims to discuss the conditions for a successful implementation of the European Youth Guarantee in Italy. In …

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Real Wage Cyclicality in Italy

Peng, Fei; Siebert, W. Stanley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Italy using the European Community Household Panel …. Stayers are the large majority. We find stayers in Northern Italy to have high cyclicality of real wages, higher in fact than … the North of Italy operate much more competitively than in the Centre and South. …

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Talking about the Pigou Paradox: Socio-Educational Background and Educational Outcomes of AlmaLaurea

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Italy has an immobile social structure. At the heart of this immobility is the educational system, with its high direct …

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Training Subsidies and the Wage Returns to Continuing Vocational Training: Evidence from Italian Regions

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Sonedda, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We use the variation of training policy over time and across Italian regions to identify the relationship between individual training and earnings. Using longitudinal data for the period 1999 to 2005, we find that the marginal effect of one additional week of formal training on monthly earnings...

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