This essay analyses the role of different recruitment channels, and of informal networks in particular, on wage structures across various organization types in the Italian social service sector. While the impact of recruitment methods on wages has been addressed in several previous...

<i> La coesistenza fra organizzazioni forprofit e nonprofit. Una possibile spiegazione </i> (di Michele Mosca, Francesco Pastore) - ABSTRACT: The Coexistence Among Forprofit and Nonprofit Organisations. A Possible Explanation This paper aims to extrapolate the conditions under which the existence of...

This paper analyses Italian social cooperatives as a typical delivery service firm focusing on employee incentive systems characterized by “role tension” linked to the dual position of being employee and owner at the same time. In line with this idea, the answers to three questions: “Why...

This book provides an up-to-date analytical and empirical treatment of some important interactions between paid and unpaid labour and the social economy. The emphasis on the preferences of paid and unpaid labour and on their role in the efficient provision of social services makes a contribution...

Building on recent analyses that find a sizeable overall gender wage gap in Azerbaijan's workforce, this paper uses data on young workers in their early years in the labor market to understand how gender wage gaps evolve over time, if at all. The paper uses a unique database from a survey of...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of unemployment on coronary heart diseases (CHD) in Italy on a sample of male manual workers in the private sector. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate the association between CHD and different unemployment experiences...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Labour, productivity and growth”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the articles in the special issue, which investigate the main theme – labour, productivity and growth – from different points...