The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the expansion of tertiary education supply on the educational choices of young Italian high school graduates. A quasi-experimental setting given by the reform of the tertiary education system implemented in 2001 is exploited. The reform was...

Italian Abstract: L’efficace funzionamento della Pubblica amministrazione dipende dalla sua capacità di attrarre e selezionare risorse qualificate e di motivarne l’impegno. Le politiche di reclutamento e di carriera influiscono sulla composizione del pool di candidati che si sottopongono...

Italian Abstract: L'utilizzo di piattaforme digitali che fungono da intermediari tra domanda e offerta di lavoro è diventato sempre più diffuso negli ultimi anni, in Italia e all'estero. Il lavoro propone un'analisi del fenomeno fornendo, in particolare: i) un inquadramento del dibattito...

The paper seeks to investigate the relationship between job (in)security in the public sector and workers' self-selection between the private and public sector. Using data from the Italian Labour Force Survey for the years 2005-13, I show that a higher incidence of fixed-term contracts in the...

We theoretically show that when mothers need to buy childcare services not only if they work but also if they want to search actively for a job, a reduction in the price of childcare will increase their likelihood of searching but may decrease their willingness to accept a job offer and...

Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently depending on whether it is the mother or the father that leaves. A sequential model that explains migration and budget allocation choices is proposed and its predictions are tested...