This paper studies whether the allocation of municipal expenditure in Italy is influenced by female representation in … Municipal Councils. Despite the existence of gender-specific preferences in society, we find no clear evidence that the amount … of resources distributed among different spending categories is significantly affected by politicians' gender. The …

(INPS) to investigate gender differences in pay during the initial stages of a worker's career. We find that a significant … gender differences are highest when workers move across firms. In particular, we find that the most significant gender gap in … growth and result in the highest salary increases. Moreover, this gender mobility penalty occurs mainly when workers move to …

This paper investigates the way in which job mobility contributes to the emergence of a gender wage gap in the Italian … this difference is particularly large when workers move across firms. This gender mobility penalty is robust to the …, and is mainly found for voluntary job moves. Exploring the wage growth of job movers, we find that a significant gender …

We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public … and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of … outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists) are related to each other. Using a panel of 121 Austrian districts …

We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public … and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of … outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists) are related to each other. Using a panel of 121 Austrian districts …