The purpose of this note is to document how we constructed annual series for average educational attainment in the 20 Italian administrative regions throughout the 1970-1998 period. These annual data are disaggregated by gender and by eight sectors (Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing,...

In this paper we put to test the impact of the European Structural Funds on the economies of the 20 Italian administrative regions for the 1989-2006 period. The main elements of novelty are that the empirical analysis is carried out by considering separately four sectors (agriculture, energy and...

Presents the findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. This book provides a conceptual and empirical study of the interactions between the European economy and its regions, paying particular attention to the issue of the transition of Central and Eastern European countries...