Grazie al dibattito sul cosiddetto ‘paradosso del salario di riserva’ è noto che le aspettative salariali dei disoccupati meridionali superano mediamente quelle dei disoccupati al Centro-Nord. E’ meno noto che al momento dell’ingresso nel posto di lavoro, i primi accettano salari...

In this paper we take a fresh look at the magnitude of the trade-off between caring informally for a parent and paid work. We adopt a simultaneous approach with a primary focus on how hours of care are influenced by hours of work rather than the other way round. We also investigate the role that...

An important issue in the design of sustainable Long Term Care policies is the relative social cost of community or home based care versus institutional care. Here we undertake this cost comparison making use of the findings from the GALCA surveys on Long Term Care in Denmark, Ireland and Italy...

In this paper we take a fresh look at the magnitude of the trade-off between caring informally for a parent and paid work. We adopt a simultaneous approach with a primary focus on how hours of care are influenced by hours of work rather than the other way round. We also investigate the role that...