In this paper we investigate the determinants of poverty transitions in Italy, using the EU-SILC panel survey (2007-2010). Our findings show that education and employment play a key role in preventing poverty, and ease poverty exits. Moreover, the presence of children and a new birth hamper...

We propose an analysis of the persistent at risk of poverty (PARP) rate in Italy at the beginning of the Great Recession (2007–2010). Italy represents an interesting case study because it has one of the highest PARP rates in Europe, together with a weak labour market, an inadequate social...

This paper investigates wage differentials between immigrants and natives in Italy along the entire wage distribution and try to account for them using information on observed characteristic of both populations. Analyses are based on data from the 2009 survey on "Income and Living Conditions of...

We propose an analysis of the persistent at-risk-of-poverty (PARP) rate in Italy at the onset of the Great Recession. Italy represents an interesting case study because it has one of the highest PARP rates in Europe, together with a flexible labour market and an inadequate social security...

The European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is yearly carried out in different EU countries. It aims at providing data for indicators of social cohesion and social exclusion, through collecting a large set of qualitative and quantitative information at individual and household...

Bayesian networks are particularly useful for dealing with high dimensional statistical problems. They allow a reduction in the complexity of the phenomenon under study by representing joint relationships between a set of variables through conditional relationships between subsets of these...

In this paper we investigate the interrelationships between fertility decisions and union dissolution in Italy and Spain. We argue that there might exist a spurious relationship between these two life trajectories. The analysis is based on the 1996 Fertility and Family Survey data for Italy and...

In this paper we investigate the interrelationships between fertility decisions and union dissolution in Italy and Spain. We argue that there might exist a spurious relationship between these two life trajectories. The analysis is based on the 1996 Fertility and Family Survey data for Italy and...

In recent times, both the time spent on education and the age at first union formation have significantly increased in Italy and Spain. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence of the endogeneity of the two processes. We use Panel data (European Community Household Panel), which provide...