Lorenzo Cappellari

Il volume riporta i risultati di ricerche svolte da componenti del Dipartimento di Economia e finanza nel campo dell’analisi economica delle migrazioni.

I fenomeni migratori rappresentano una delle principali sfide per l’Italia e gli altri paesi europei

Using linked employer-employee data for the UK we address competing explanations for gender gaps in job satisfaction. Previous studies have rationalized the puzzling greater satisfaction of women either by pointing out gender differences in competitive attitudes, or through differences in sorting across jobs and industries. Our data allow us to test both explanations within a unified framework. The employer-employee structure of the data enables us to control for workplace unobserved heterogeneity that drives sorting...

Il gap fra uomini e donne è ancora evidente, ma secondo ricerche recenti queste ultime sono tutto sommato più soddisfatte. Hanno meno aspettative e propensione alla competitività. Decisiva la possibilità di conciliare impegni famigliari con responsabilità lavorative.

Diverse indagini evidenziano che i contratti atipici penalizzano i giovani, ma non solo. Mentre la riforma in discussione pare riconoscere che il problema della precarietà sta in quel milione e oltre di lavoratori con finta partita Iva o finto co.co.co.

Using data on a cohort of school leavers observed three years after finishing school this paper estimates the impact of school tracks on post-school behaviours, namely the rates of transition to college, college dropout, labour market participation and unemployment. Identification is achieved using retrospective information on parental unemployment at the time of track choice. Results show that students from the academic oriented track achieve better college performance and experience a worse transition to the labour market relative to students from labour market oriented tracks, consistent with the idea that tracking generates efficiency gains through specialization of knowledge. Results also show that family background is far more important than ability in determining allocation to tracks. The estimated distribution of unobserved heterogeneity suggests that such a situation may result in some inefficient allocations of less able students to college-oriented tracks, inflating college dropout rates. Keywords: School tracking; College performance; School-to-work transition; Endogeneity. JEL Classification: I21, J24, C35l.