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The aim of this paper is to explain the economic causes and consequences of the sharp decline in Italy’s fertility rate … consequence of the decline in fertility in Italy has been a dramatic increase in the proportion of elderly dependent members of … of a sharp fertility decline, two options are viable: a market option, namely an increase in immigration, as in Italy, or …
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Nowadays, a very little attention has been dedicated to gender studies in science and technology. In particular, very few researches deal with women vertical, but also orizontal, segregation in public research institutions. The main purpose of this work is to analyze the phenomenon of glass...
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The Internet Economy increases the integration among the subject involved in the production and diffusion of knowledge, in particular sources and interfaces of innovation: their action is amplified when Information and Communication Technology (ICT) favors the creation of an integrated network...
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unemployment rate to predict fertility and migrations. Based on this evidence, we estimate the elasticity of the number of births …
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Assembling information from several sources and a drawing on specially designed new survey, this paper finds that the shortfall in the supply of child care facilities remains large with respect to potential demand but is less severe with respect to the effective demand by households in Italy....
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On the basis of a local household survey, this paper examines the economic and social conditions of families with children under fifteen. The analysis refers to a particular area, the province of Modena, one of the richest in Italy, with high female occupation rates and a good deal of public...
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The paper presents a model of the market for early child care services, where the preferences of households and local government are influenced by relative prices, disposable income and cost conditions, as well as «social norms» such as the attitude to working women and the value assigned to...
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