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Why so slow? : the school-to-work transition in Italy

Pastore, Francesco - 2017

This essay provides a comprehensive interpretative framework to understand the reasons why the school-to-work transition (SWT) is so slow and hard in Italy. The country is a typical example of the South European SWT regime, where the educational system is typically rigid and sequential, the...

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On domestic demand and export performance in the euro area countries : does export concentration matter?

Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2016

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Is the gender pay gap in the US just the result of gender segregation at work?

Meara, Katie; Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D. - 2017

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is significantly greater than previously supposed. For the wage gap this...

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Getting it right : youth employment policy within the EU

Pastore, Francesco - 2017

This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options … currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of … should be to reform the Maastricht Treaty so as to allow each EU country to reach the Europe 2020 targets. Moreover …

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The European youth guarantee : labor market context, conditions and opportunities in Italy

Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This essay aims to discuss the conditions for a successful implementation of the European Youth Guarantee in Italy. In principle, the program should be able to affect the frictional and mismatch components of unemployment, if not the Keynesian and neoclassical ones, as also the experience of...

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Completing the monetary union of Europe as mid-term solution of the Euro crisis

Fischer, Justina A. V.; Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This research note discusses the Euro crisis in Greece in light of the referendum of July the 5th. It lays out the social and political costs of a GREXIT, but also of a continuing austerity policy. It proposes a reform policy fostering growth in Greece and discusses the role of conditionality....

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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries

Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...

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Factor endowment and market size in EU-CEE trade : would human capital change the actual quality trade patterns?

Ferragina, Anna Maria (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Reservation wages, search duration, and accepted wages in Europe

Addison, John T. (contributor); Centeno, Mário (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Key elasticities in job search theory : international evidence

Addison, John T. (contributor); Centeno, Mário (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

survey data on the unemployed to calculate key reservation wage and duration elasticities for most EU-15 nations. …

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