In the 1990s the socio-economic disparities existing among the European regions, were significantly greater than those among countries, show persistent differences, and also a dynamic whereby periods of slow convergence alternate with others in which the tendency is towards divergence. We deal...

<i> Differenze regionali nel mercato del lavoro in Europa </i> (di Adalgiso Amendola, Floro Ernesto Caroleo e Gianluigi Coppola) - ABSTRACT: Negli anni Novanta, il mercato del lavoro dell’Unione Europea è stato caratterizzato dalla persistenza dei divari esistenti tra le regioni. Scopo di questo...

This paper aims at analyzing whether Labour Market Programs (ALMP) could have different effects on unemployment and employment dynamics according to the particular region where the program is implemented. To this end, the research analyses alternative theoretical and econometric models thought...

This book brings together up-to-date findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. It 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...

The aim of this book is to contribute to the debate on the continuity/fracture of regional patterns of development and employment in old and new European Union (EU) regions. Several contributions in this book suggest that a factor common to all backward regions, often neglected in the...

The focus of this chapter is on the microeconomic foundations of structural change and its spatially asymmetric impact on labour markets. EU economies are undergoing dramatic industrial restructuring due to a number of causes, such as the Eastward enlargement and economic integration of Central...

Inequality is a multidimensional phenomenon. The studies of inequality tend to concentrate on the analysis of income inequality but inequalities arise due to other economic, social and political factors. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the role of social inequality in Latin American...

This paper studies the distributive impact of institutional change in developing countries. In such economies, property rights systems may preserve the interests of an influential minority, who can control key-markets, access to assets and investment opportunities, especially if they enjoy...