We investigate the evolution of unionisation, considering both economic and institutional factors.While economists typically study the effects of labour market institutions treating unionisation as given and focusing on rent-seeking motivations, in this paper we study how union membership is...

All’interno delle proprie attività istituzionali, il COSP (Centro per l’Orientamento allo Studio e allaProfessioni) dell’Università degli Studi di Milano ha deciso di promuovere un’indagine periodica suipercorsi lavorativi dei propri laureati. A questo scopo nel mese di febbraio 2001...

In this paper we review alternative measure of intergenerational mobility, emphasizing the distinction between absolute, relative and ordinal mobility. We then compare the performance of various mobility indices using real data. From Treiman and Ganzeboom (1990) dataset we compare the degree of...

Using annual data on aggregate union membership and density in fourteen European countries, the authors examine the short-term and long-term determinants of the postwar pattern of union growth anddecline in Western Europe since 1950. In an attempt to explain the observed convergence in trends...

In this paper we propose to measure inequality of educational achievements by constructing a Giniindex on educational attainments. We then use the proposed measure to analyse the relationshi between inequality in incomes and educational achievements (in terms of both the average attainments and...

The 1993 Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a representative survey of the Italianpopulation covering 24,000 individuals, reports detailed information on children attendance ofpublic and private schools and parents' self-assessment of the quality of public schools in the city of residence....

This paper discusses reforms of Italian secondary schools' curriculum and funding in light of theoretical considerations, of the experience of other countries, and of empirical evidence. We briefly review socio-economic views on the schooling system's role in shaping the social structure and...

In questo lavoro abbiamo presentato un modello di crescita dove il livello dell'output vienedeterminato grazie alla scelta di allocazione del tempo tra accumulazione di capitale umano ed attività direttamente produttiva. In questo modo il livello dell'output lungo il sentiero di crescita...