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Offshoring and job stability: Evidence from Italian manufacturing
Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela; Picchio, Matteo - 2012
We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995-2001 by using an … stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from developed countries foster job-to-job transitions within manufacturing … material offshoring to low income countries which drives blue collar workers out of manufacturing. Therefore, policy …
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Local Agglomeration, Entrepreneurship and the Great Recession: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts
Brunello, Giorgio; Langella, Monica - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398336
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Local Agglomeration, Entrepreneurship and the Great Recession: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts
Brunello, Giorgio; Langella, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010801187
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Offshoring, wages and job security of temporary workers
Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - 2012
We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289853
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Diploma No Problem : Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2004
Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262077
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School Vouchers Italian Style
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2005
School vouchers introduced recently in some Italian regions have lowered the cost of private schools. On one side, we provide evidence that Italian private schools may be selected for different reasons than quality considerations. On the other side, by exploiting individual data on voucher...
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Intergenerational persistence in educational attainment in Italy
Checchi, Daniele; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Leonardi, Marco - 2008
levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show that there is still a persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268574
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Wage effects of recruitment methods: the case of the Italian social service sector
Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - 2008
volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268718
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Centralized wage determination and regional unemployment differences: the case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo - 2008
This paper addresses the problem of the dualism of the Italian economy, particularly of its labor market. Although the Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North, which represents two thirds of the whole economy, is...
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Does the expansion of higher education increase the equality of educational opportunities? Evidence from Italy
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Blasio, Guido de - 2008
opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268748