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The (Ir)Relevance of the Nru for Policy Making : The Case of Denmark

Sala, Hector - 2006

We reconsider the central role of the natural rate of unemployment (NRU) in forming policy decisions. We show that the … unemployment rate does not gravitate towards the NRU due to frictional growth, a phenomenon that encapsulates the interplay between … empirical analysis and find that the NRU explains only 33% of the unemployment variation, while frictional growth accounts for …

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Entrepreneurship and Market Size : The Case of Young College Graduates in Italy

Di Addario, Sabrina Lucia - 2010

of labor, earning differentials between employees and self-employed workers, unemployment rates and value added per …

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Territorial Differences in Italian Students' Mathematical Competencies : Evidence from PISA 2003

Bratti, Massimiliano - 2007

In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students' mathematical competencies. Our analysis benefits from a new data set that merges the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with territorial data collected...

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Does Delayed Retirement Affect Youth Employment? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets

Bertoni, Marco - 2017

Pension reforms that raise minimum retirement age increase the pool of senior individuals aged 50+ who are not eligible to retire from the labour market. Using data from Italian provinces and regions and an instrumental variable strategy, we estimate the effects of local changes in the supply of...

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Does Low Skilled Immigration Cause Human Capital Polarization? Evidence from Italian Provinces

Brunello, Giorgio - 2017

While there is a vast literature considering the labour market effects of immigration, less has been done to investigate how immigration affects the educational choices of young natives. Using Italian provincial data and an instrumental variables strategy, we show that the recent increase in the...

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Local Agglomeration, Entrepreneurship and the Great Recession : Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts

Brunello, Giorgio - 2014

We ask whether local agglomeration affects how recessions impact on entrepreneurship by comparing the probability of being an entrepreneur before and after the Great 2008 Recession in local labour markets where industrial districts are present and in comparable areas. Using Italian Labour Force...

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Old‐Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends : Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries

Aliaj, Arjeta - 2016

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the...

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Is Self-Employment for Migrants? Evidence from Italy

Brunetti, Marianna; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2023

Using a unique Italian dataset covering the period 2004-2020, we assess the immigrant-native gap in entrepreneurship and investigate channels behind it. The data allows us to account for many observable characteristics as well as for risk aversion, which is usually not observed, yet crucial for...

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Did Covid-19 Affect the Division of Labor within the Household? Evidence from Two Waves of the Pandemic in Italy

Boca, Daniela Del; Oggero, Noemi; Profeta, Paola; … - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on families' lives, with parents all over the world struggling to meet the increased demands of housework, childcare and home-schooling. Much of the additional burden has been shouldered by women, particularly in countries with a traditionally...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples : Are Italian Men Irresponsive?

Bloemen, Hans; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena - 2021

This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while Italian women have the lowest market employment rates....

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