This paper investigates the reasons that determine students’ mobility in Italy and tries to explain why in the presence of quality differentials among universities the majority of students choose to remain in their regions of origin. We find that low mobility is related to family income and...

Individual wage expectations of the Italian unemployed are studied. The analysis is carried out separately for the north-central and southern Italian regions. Results show a marked difference in expectations formation, with the northern unemployed using information more efficiently. A tentative...

By focusing on the Italian experience, we ask whether the relationship between labor taxes and unemployment varies across regions. In spite of similar national labor market institutions, we show that this relationship is significantly stronger in the highly industrialized North than in the less...