This paper analyses the dynamics of labour productivity across Italian Provinces in the period 1995-2006. Inequality decreased but a clear pattern of polarization emerged, with the formation of a cluster of high-productive provinces in the North and Centre-West of Italy and a cluster of...

I gruppi dominanti mostrarono prudenza e lungimiranza principalmente quando percepirono la gravità delle situazioni e quei pericoli come incombenti e rovinosi per l’ordine sociale. Anche i rimedi più efficaci furono quelli dettati in prevalenza dai rischi d’instabilità finanziaria e di...

A cost-transit time choice model: monomodality vs. intermodality. The Mediterranean and Italy are scenarios suited to consolidation of hub and spokes networks. The question is: are terrestrial spokes serious competitors of maritime spokes? This paper highlights the limits of the Italian rail...

In this paper we study how the determinants of regional commuting in Italy have evolved in the past fifteen years. Using labour force data from 1992 to 2008 we estimate a model where the probability of commuting is regressed on a wide set of individual, job, firm and regional characteristics....

The COVID-19 pandemic raised the share of inactive individuals in 2020 in Italy, mostly at the expense of permanent and fix-term employment. We document sizable asymmetric effects across categories of individuals, defined on the basis of gender, age and geographical area. In particular, the...

We analyse the distribution and the flows between different types of employment (self-employment, temporary, and permanent), unemployment, education, and other types of inactivity, with particular focus on the duration of the school-to-work transition (STWT). The aim is to assess the impact of...

We analyse the distribution and the flows between different types of employment (self-employment, temporary, and permanent), unemployment, education, and other types of inactivity, with particular focus on the duration of the school-to-work transition (STWT). The aim is to assess the impact of...