Questo lavoro analizza gli effetti delle agenzie di collocamento sul mercato del lavoro. Il numero di agenzie in uenza l'e cienza dei meccanismi di incontro tra domanda ed offerta di lavoro. Si introducono le agenzie in un modello di equilibrio di disoccupazione alla Pissarides e si analizzano...

The paper analyzes the units of full-time employment (ULA) as estimated by ISTAT National Accounts. The cyclical analysis can highlight the role that irregular employment (dependent and independent) play on the dynamics of the Italian economy, emphasizing the relationship of substitution between...

Some studies that investigate the effects of migration flows –based on Solow‟s growth theory (1956) and considering the specific contribution of the human capital transfer of migrant workers (Mankiw e al. 1992; Dolado e al. 1994, Piras, 1996) –allow to evaluate the negative...

The aim of the research is to introduce a generational stock-flow model to estimate international migration needs and provide long terms demographic forecasts in which migration is an endogenous variables determined by demographic trends and additional labor demand. At the empirical levels, it...

The Harris-Todaro model of rural to urban migration is extended to include urban agglomeration effects, some urban real wage flexibility and a government budget constraint. Without employment subsidies, laissez-faire migration is excessive unless real wage flexibility and agglomeration effects...

La nostra ipotesi è che, in seguito alla riduzione dei trasferimenti pubblici al Sud d’Italia registrata durante la prima parte degli anni novanta, le famiglie meridionali abbiano percepito una contrazione del loro reddito permanente. In seguito alla svalutazione della lira nel 1992 i...

The paper provides an analysis of labour mobility in Italy, with a joint analysis of residence transfers and "long-range� commuting. In the period 1990-2005, migration inflows have increased in the Centre North, both in short- and long-range component. In the South, by contrast, the low...

This work is aimed to investigate factors affecting the decision to remit and to study the motives to employ remittances for investment purposes. To contribute to the discussion on these issues, we decided to integrate the current interpretative framework with new variables which are able to...