Many advanced economies have experienced significant job polarization in the last decades, with an increase in the employment share and relative wage of both low-wage and high-wage workers at the expense of middle-wage workers. This polarization has probably been spurred by the substitution of...

The accommodation and food services and entertainment and sport activities are the worst hit by the economic crisis that followed the COVID-19 pandemic. The possibility for these workers to find new jobs might be limited due to low competence and skill levels. We study the employment transitions...

Exploiting very rich administrative data covering the period from January 2018 until December 2021, this study analyses the individual employment trajectories of a large sample of Italian workers during the pandemic and the subsequent recovery, comparing them with those of similar individuals in...

We analyse the content of Italian occupations operating in about 600 sectors with a focus on the dimensions that expose workers to risks during the COVID-19 epidemics. We leverage detailed information from ICP, the Italian equivalent of O*Net and find that several sectors need physical proximity...

Italian Abstract: Il Piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza (PNRR) mette a disposizione del Paese risorse ingenti da utilizzare entro il 2026. L’attuazione del Piano potrà determinare un aumento significativo della domanda in numerosi comparti. Questo lavoro propone una quantificazione...