Given the deep economic and social differences of the Italian territories, the aim of the paper is to examine if there is a relationship between the territorial features of the Italian provinces and the school participation of young immigrants. The analysis focuses on the education experiences...

This paper aims to analyze the Italian University’s physical and human cognitive assets. First we focus on the continuous reductions in public funding (CNVSU, 2011; OECD, 2010) that constrained the Italian university to develop 'entrepreneurial skills', in other words due to the lack of...

As well known, human capital plays a crucial role both for private and social wellbeing. Notwithstanding, measurement of human capital is not univocally defined in empirical analyses, since different indicators and methods are employed and, sometimes, the proxies seem to be not very efficient...

The aim of the paper is the analysis of the immigrants' school insertion paths in Italy. The analysis focuses on the immigrants' school participation in the secondary school, considering also the first and the second generation. The data has been extracted from official statistical databases,...

Italian Abstract: A tre anni di distanza dagli eventi della Primavera Araba, i 5 paesi del nord Africa – Algeria, Egitto, Libia, Marocco e Tunisia (NA5) – si trovano ancora ad affrontare una difficile fase di transizione, dopo che attese iniziali di un rapido rinnovamento sono state in parte...

This paper examines the retirement decisions of Italian households using data from the Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) for 2008. The analysis focuses on the adequacy of pension wealth, knowledge of supplementary retirement rules, the determinants of enrolment decisions and...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro fornisce una rassegna della letteratura sull’educazione finanziaria; riassume i risultati delle indagini statistiche in Italia e i problemi di misurazione dell’alfabetizzazione finanziaria; sintetizza il dibattito internazionale di policy; illustra le iniziative...

Italian Abstract: Il sostegno finanziario offerto da parenti o amici è aumentato con la crisi, sia in termini di frequenza, sia negli importi. Per i beneficiari, il sostegno della rete informale è di ammontare comparabile al ricorso al credito al consumo; la sua diffusione rimane tuttavia...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza le tendenze del mercato del credito al consumo durante la crisi usando i dati, di fonte CRIF, relativi alle domande di prestiti personali e finalizzati e ai contratti stipulati tra il 2007 e il 2013 in Italia (55 e 37 milioni rispettivamente). L'analisi...

The agricultural yield is affected by several risks, main of them are not controllable by humans. For this reason, the CAP has established several interventions to help guaranteeing a stable and appropriate income to farmers. One of the main policy interventions established in the current CAP...