The aim of this paper is to sum up the main issues at stake in the European Union, concerning gender equality in social inclusion and social protection policies. As is well known “Equality between women and men” is one of the founding principles of the Treaty of the European Union. However,...

Active ageing strategies have so far strongly focussed on increasing senior workers employment rates through pension reforms to develop incentives to retire later on the one hand, and labour market policies on the other hand. Most measures are based on the dominant male trajectory of work and...

Italian Abstract: Analizziamo il ruolo dello Stato negli investimenti sociali (istruzione, servizi sanitari, ecc.), diversi da quelli delle infrastrutture. Lo facciamo perché, nell'attuale situazione economica e sociale, questo tipo di investimento, oltre a rafforzare il modello sociale...

Italian Abstract: Finora, la mancanza di dati coerenti e affidabili sulla microfinanza in Europa ha impedito di condurre un'analisi completa delle prestazioni degli istituti di microfinanza (IFM), in particolare la loro capacità di soddisfare le aspettative politiche in termini di obiettivi...

È nella direzione di valutare come le crisi vadano collocate nel contesto della relazione tra sviluppo civile e sviluppo economico, che l'autore ha apprezzato alcuni degli spunti provenienti dal volume curato da Ramazzotti et al., e in questo articolo, ne riprende dei passaggi.

The Italian case can be considered as an internationally relevant example to suggest a critical reflection on the evaluation criteria adopted in research assessment exercises, pointing at the need of clear and shared guidelines based on transparency and accountability and aiming at preserving...

By considering the case of Italy we show that despite much rhetoric and expectations about the fact that women have gradually overcome men in terms of educational attainments, they still lack behind in terms of the main skills and competencies that can profitably be used in the market. On the...

This paper focuses on the role of knowledge within the process of growth and job creation in the European Union. Many features of the so-called knowledge-based economy are connected with the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT), that radically changes the conditions...

The purpose of our paper is to propose a definition of progress based on the relationship between economic development and civil development, according to the lesson of Classical authors, especially Adam Smith. Firstly, we analyze the interaction between economic development and civil...

We analyse Italy’s research evaluation exercise to discuss the issue of evaluating re-search in economics. We claim that evaluation and its criteria, together with its linkage to research institutions’ financing, are likely to affect the direction of research, in a problematic way. We claim...