This paper develops a tractable empirical approach to estimate the effect of on-the-job tenure on the permanent and transitory variance of earnings. The model is also used to evaluate the earnings instability associated with fixed-term contract (short-tenure contracts) in Italy. Our results...

English Abstract: This working paper describes the theoretical and conceptual frame concerning the theme of work. The term “work” regards a diversity of meanings, as it is a concept that has changed in its definition and in its attribution of value over time. Today's current society has...

Italian Abstract: L'ampliamento del commercio al dettaglio a livello globale, favorito dalla diffusione delle transazioni via Internet (e-commerce), ha indotto il legislatore europeo a rafforzare i presidi di sicurezza nelle operazioni di pagamento online. Questo lavoro si pone l'obiettivo di...

The main viewpoint related to privatisation is concerned with the aim of verifying the presence of incentive mechanisms on the managerial behaviour. This paper, differently from other earlier studies on this topic, is aimed to study, with an econometric approach, the dynamic of economic...

Introduzione – 1. La violenza nello sport: i diversi approcci – 2. Il calcio e la violenza in Italia: una breve sintesi storica – 3. Effetti delle misure antiviolenza sulle presenze allo stadio – 4. I risultati delle stime – 5. Conclusioni

Questo saggio si inserisce nel dibattito sull’efficacia della politica di coesione dell’Unione Europea e presenta un’analisi sugli effetti dei Fondi strutturali sulla crescita delle regioni italiane dal 1980 al 2007. Un’attenzione particolare è riservata al ruolo che gli aspetti...

In recent years an increasing amount of efforts has been devoted, both in the U.S. and within the E.U., to perform impact evaluation of geographically-targeted economic development (GTED) programs. The surging interest for the evaluation of GTED programs is challenged by the difficulty to assess...

We empirically analyse the returns of both Italian and round-trip open-end funds managed by Italian asset management companies (SGRs) in the period 2003-2008. Taking into account a modified version of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), we estimated a performance measure for each asset...

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...