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Inconsistencies in reported employment characteristics among employed stayers
Bassi, Francesca (contributor);  … - 2008
The paper deals with measurement error, and its potentially distorting role, in information on industry and … aggregated classifications. They suggest that even cross-section estimates of employment by industry and/or professional status … are affected by non-random measurement error. -- Industry ; professional status ; measurement errors ; survey data …
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The impact of unlisted and no-landline respondents on non-coverage bias : the Italian case
Sala, Emanuela; Lillini, Roberto - 2014
To survey the general population, survey agencies often use sampling frames of landline numbers. However, these frames may exclude a relevant share of the target population. In 2012, 50% of Italian adults are excluded from the sampling frame, as they are unlisted (UN) or do not own a landline...
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Temporary Employment in Italy
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Dell’Aringa, Carlo; Leonardi, Marco - In: CESifo DICE Report 10 (2012) 1, pp. 55-62
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The Effect of Performance Measurement Systems on Productive Performance : An Empirical Study of Italian Manufacturing Firms
Oh, Han Kyul; Johnson, Andrew L; Lucianetti, Lorenzo; … - 2015
overall, the Italian manufacturing industry exhibits decreasing returns-to-scale. Further, we find many mature firms in the … industry and that endogenous growth will likely lead to reduce productivity. We conclude that higher quality PMS positively and …
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Small area estimation of labor productivity for the Italian manufacturing SME cross-classified by region, industry and size
Ferrante, M. R.; Trivisano, C.; Fabrizi, E. - 2013
comparisons in order to avoid the confounding effect of sectorial and firm size composition of a region's manufacturing industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535413
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Skill upgrading, wage gap and international trade : firm-level evidence for Italian manufacturing firms
Iodice, Irene; Tomasi, Chiara - 2015
This paper aims at investigating the evolution of the employment and wage structure of Italian manufacturing firms in the early 2000s. The work analyzes whether skills and wage movements have been taken place between or within sectors, and within sector, between or within firms. We show that...
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The total survey error paradigm and pre-election polls : the case of the 2006 Italian general elections
Fumagalli, Laura; Sala, Emanuela - 2011
Pre-election polls sometimes fail to reach the purpose for which they are carried out: to provide accurate predictions of electoral out-comes. By looking at the 2006 Italian General Elections, this paper aims to assess the role that different factors play in determining the accuracy of the...
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La ricchezza immobiliare delle famiglie italiane : un confronto fra dati campionari e censuari (The Housing Wealth of Italian Households: A Comparison of Administrative and Survey...
Neri, Andrea - 2013
We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury. Our results show that owners with either a low or a high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087478
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Cyber Attacks : Preliminary Evidence from the Bank of Italy's Business Surveys
Biancotti, Claudia - 2017
This paper presents preliminary evidence on cyber risk in the Italian private sector based on the Bank of Italy's annual surveys of Italian industrial and service firms. The information collected, albeit only covering the incidence of cyber attacks and some aspects of security governance, is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958379
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The Price of Cyber (In)Security : Evidence from the Italian Private Sector
Biancotti, Claudia - 2017
This paper presents evidence on the economic dimension of cyber risk in the Italian private non-financial sector, based on Bank of Italy survey data. In 2016, the median amount spent on preventing cyber attacks was a modest €4,530, i.e. 15 per cent of a typical worker's annual gross wages. A...
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