This paper uses longitudinal data for a sample of Italian firms to study the effects of technological and organisational changes on wage levels and on wage differentials by skills inside the firm. Fixed effect estimates reveal that technological changes are associated with higher absolute and...

L'articolo esamina la corruzione amministrativa in una burocrazia strutturata con funzionari a giurisdizioni sovrapposte. L'analisi viene condotta ricorrendo a modelli della domanda e dell'offerta delle prestazioni fornite dai funzionari dietro versamento di tangenti. La diffusione della...

This paper examines German reunification from its inception. It shows that after the rapid expansion of the early years, former East Germany entered a phase of slow growth that made it impossible to bridge the gap with West Germany. Unemployment remains high, low growth rates appear ingrained,...

Since the dawn of managerial sciences (Maier, 1955), the basis of professional performance has set the equation Work Performance = Competence x Motivation. Although brings back in a traditional logic of exchange employee-company, the new rights and duties on front of the company consist...

Collective bargaining at company level has not been particularly widespread, especially at small firms and in the South. The Bank of Italy’s survey shows that performancerelated wage premia have been paid irregularly and have involved only small amounts. Nevertheless they have fostered a...

The article explores the relationship between flexibility and skills development: the initial hypothesis was that precariousness and flexibility had a negative correlation with the opportunity to develop professional skills. Rather surprisingly, in Italy it seems that being employed on contracts...

the chapter discusses labour mobility in Veneto from VWH (Veneto Worker Histories) database: 1982-1997. Mobility is related to the business cycle and to workers' careers. The population is split between movers and stayers, and the likelihood of chequered careers and instability is discussed.

Job (dis)continuity and careers configuration are crucial for understanding new and old inequalities on the labour market. The impact of deregulation and flexibilization processes on careers is still unclear. In order to detect vulnerable profiles of workers, it would be useful to analyse the...