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XXVIII National Conference of Labour Economics

Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali “Guido Carli”

Roma, 27-28 September 2013

 

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Plenary Lecture: Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich and IZA), School Systems and Student Achievement: Identification of Institutional effects from International tests

Plenary Lecture: Stephen Machin (UCL), Labour Market Polarization, Urbanization and  Skill-Biased Consumption  (joint with J. Lindley)

Session A

Session B

Session C 

Session D 

 

 

Session A

Session A1: Tracking in schooling

Chair: Paolo Naticchioni  (Università di Roma Tre) 

  1. Tommaso Agasisti (Politecnico di Milano), Patrizia Falzetti (Invalsi), Socioeconomic Sorting and Test Scores: An Empirical Analysis in the Italian Junior Secondary Schools

  2. Massimiliano Bratti (Università di Milano), Gianfranco De Simone, Martino Bernardi (Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli), “I wish I knew ..." Misperceived Ability, School Counseling Services and the Choice of Secondary School Track

  3. Joelle Latina, José V. Ramirez (Haute Ecole de Gestion, Switzerland), Age of Tracking and the Smoothness of Upper Secondary School Transitions

  4. Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx (Ghent University), Matteo Picchio (Università Politecnica delle Marche), On Track Mobility, Grade Retention and Secondary School Completion

 

Session A2: Pre-market abilities

Chair: Dario Sciulli (Università di Chieti-Pescara)

  1. Claire Bonnard (CLERSE/IREDU), Jean-François Giret, Marielle Lambert-Le Mener (IREDU), Educational Intentions, Cognitive Skills and Earnings Expectations of French Undergraduates

  2. Donata Favaro (Università di Padova), Dario Sciulli (Università di Chieti-Pescara), Pre-market Abilities, Education, and Employment Outcomes: An Analysis of British Females

  3. Bart Cockx, Corinna Ghirelli (SHERPPA - Ghent University), Does Graduating during Adverse Labor Market Conditions Leave a Scar?

  4. Chris Ryan (University of Melbourne), Lake Wobegon, Australia: Where Everyone's Future is Above Average

 

Session A3: Migrations and Networks

Chair: Marco Pecoraro (University of Neuchâtel)

  1. Alper Duman, Idil Göksel (Izmir University of Economics), Job Networks in İzmir: Why are Migrants Different?

  2. Majlinda Joxhe (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Selection on Temporary Migration: the Role of Ethnic Networks

  3. Alessia Matano, Raul Ramos (Universitat de Barcelona), Remittances and Educational Outcomes: Evidence for Moldova

  4. Massimiliano Agovino (Università “G. d'Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara), Estimating a Spatial Matching Function for Disabled People: Evidence from Italy

 

Session A4: Job insecurity and female labor supply 

Chair: Riccardo Gatto (ISTAT)

  1. F. Kemal Kizilca (Ankara University), Booze and Women: Labor Market Outcomes of Secular Consumption Patterns in a Muslim Society

  2. Enrico Fabrizi, Chiara Mussida (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza), Unemployment Outflows: The Relevance of Gender and Marital Status in Italy and Spain

  3. Aina Carmen (Università Piemonte Orientale), Fernanda Mazzotta, Lavinia Parisi (Università di Salerno), Bargaining or Efficiency Within the Household? The Case of Italy

  4. Francesca Modena, Concetta Rondinelli (Banca d’Italia), Fabio Sabatini (Università di Roma La Sapienza), Economic Insecurity and Fertility Intentions: The Case of Italy

 

Session A5 : Job satisfaction

Chair: Vincenzo Scoppa (Università della Calabria)

  1. Giovanni S.F. Bruno (Università Bocconi), Floro E. Caroleo (Università di Napoli Parthenope), Orietta Dessy (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Temporary Contracts and Young Workers’ Job Satisfaction in Italy

  2. Vanessa Dräger (IZA), Does Employment Protection Increase Happiness?

  3. Alessia Fulvimari (Università di Roma La Sapienza), How do the Contractual Position and Labour Income Comparisons Affect Workers’ Well-being?

 

Session A6 : Macroeconomics of the labour market

Chair: Marco Musella (Università di Napoli Federico II)

  1. Gabriele Cardullo, Marco Guerrazzi (Università di Genova), The Cyclical Behaviour of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies: Evidence from Italy

  2. Gianluigi Coppola, Sergio Destefanis (Università di Salerno), Structural Funds and Regional Convergence. Some Sectoral Estimates for Italy

  3. Giulio Piccirilli (Universitas Mercatorum)  Human Capital, Growth and Financial Imperfections

  4. Pasquale Tridico (Università di Roma Tre), Italy: From Economic Decline to the Current Crisis

 

Session B

 

Session B1: Determinants of schooling performances 1

Chair: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS Guido Carli)

  1. Laura Chies, Grazia Graziosi, Francesco Pauli  (Università di Trieste), The Dropout Determinants. The Case of the Trieste University

  2. Gianfranco De Simone, Andrea Gavosto (Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli), Patterns of Value-Added Creation in the Transition from Primary to Lower Secondary Education in Italy

  3. Adriana Di Liberto (Università di Cagliari), Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS Guido Carli), Giovanni Sulis (Università di Cagliari), Managerial Practices and Students’ Performance

  4. Gianna Barbieri (MIUR), Claudio Rossetti (LUISS Guido Carli), Paolo Sestito (Banca d’Italia), Teacher Mobility and Student Learning

 

Session B2: Intergenerational mobility and ability transmission

Chair: Donata Favaro (Università di Padova)

  1. Carmen Aina (Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro), Chieti Nicoletti (DERS, University of York), The Intergenerational Transmission of Liberal Professions: Nepotism Versus Abilities

  2. Paolo Castelnovo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Does Fat Damage Brain? The Effect of Obesity on Cognitive and Basic Skills

  3. Marco Leonardi (Università di Milano), Job Mobility and Earnings Instability

  4. Paul Bingley (SFI Copenhagen), Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University
    of Notingham), Evidence from Siblings, Schoolmates and Neighbors’ Correlations

 

Session B3: Energy economics and labour economics

Chair: Sergio Destefanis (Università di Salerno)

  1. Matteo Fragetta (Cass Business School), Macroeconomic Performance and Structural Shocks: A Non-Parametric Approach

  2. Giovanni Marin (CERIS-CNR ), Francesca Lotti (Banca d’Italia), Drivers and Effects of Eco-innovations Using Data on Eco-patents

  3. Cesare Riillo (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Luxembourg), Environmental Management, Labour Productivity and Innovation

  4. Sergio Destefanis (Università di Salerno), Giuseppe Mastromatteo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), The OECD Beveridge Curve: The Role of Energy Prices, Technological Progress and Globalisation

 

Session B4: Union bargaining systems and their impact on productivity

Chair: Elisabetta Addis (Università di Sassari)

  1. Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmannn, François Rycx (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Sharp Teeths or Empty Mouths? Rivisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data

  2. Lutz Bellmann, Hans-Dieter Gerner, Olaf Hübler (IAB), Effects of Reciprocal Concessions on Employment and Real Capital

  3. Gabriele Cardullo, Maurizio Conti (Università di Genova), Giovanni Sulis (Università di Cagliari), Sunk Capital, Unions and the Hold-Up Problem: Theory and Evidence from Sectoral Data

  4. Yuliia Stupnytska, Anna Zaharieva (Bielefeld University), Optimal Policy and the Role of Social Contacts in a Search Model with Heterogeneous Workers

 

Session B5: Various aspects of the crisis

Chair: Enrico Marelli (Università di Brescia)

  1. Guido de Blasio, Carlo Menon (Banca d’Italia), Down and Out in Italian Towns: Measuring the Impact of Economic Downturns on Crime

  2. Federica D’Isanto (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Marco Fuscaldo (Università degli Studi di Torino), Marco Musella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Measuring the Scarring Effect in the Italian Social Cooperatives

  3. Giuseppina Gianfreda (Università della Tuscia), Giovanna Vallanti (LUISS, CeLEG, LLEE), Labour courts delay and the Composition of Employment: Is Labour Encouraged or Endangered by Institutions?

 

Session B5: Politics and policies

Chair: Francesco Pastore (Seconda Università di Napoli

  1. Antonio Accetturo (Banca d’Italia), Political Selection in the Skilled City

  2. Antonio Accetturo,  Matteo Bugamelli,  Andrea Lamorgese  (Banca d'Itallia), Divisive Policies and Their Electoral Consequences: Italy, 1863

  3. Guglielmo Barone, Sauro Mocetti (Banca d’Italia), Inequality and Trust: A Reappraisal of Cross-country Evidence

 

Session C

 

Session C1: Determinants of schooling performances 2

Chair: Giovanna Vallanti (LUISS, CeLEG, LLEE)

  1. Maria Santoro, Melania Verde (Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”), Early School Leaving: Who,  When, Why and How to Intervene if the Starting Conditions are Unfair

  2. Javiera Cartagena Farías, Steven McIntosh (University of Sheffield), Does the Increase in Competitionbetween Schools Improve the Quality of the Service? The Role of the 80s Educational Reform in Chile

  3. Enrico Conti, Silvia Duranti, Maria Luisa Maitino, Carla Rampichini (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Nicola Sciclone (Irpet), Effectiveness of Tuscan Primary Schools: what Role for School Factors?

  4. Giulia Pagliani (Università di Roma La Sapienza), Immigrants, Natives and Student Competences: the Role of the Peer Effects

 

Session C2: Youth, education and employment

Chair: Tindara Addabbo (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

  1. Riccardo Leoni, Paola Gritti (Università di Bergamo), High Performance Work Practices and Educational Mismatch: Creation and Destruction of Competencies

  2. Giovanni S. F. Bruno Università Bocconi), Enrico Marelli (Università di Brescia), Marcello Signorelli (Università di Perugia),
    The Rise of NEET and Youth Unemployment in EU Regions After the Crisis

  3. Raffaella Patimo, Thaís García Pereiro, Rosa Calamo (Università di Bari), The Determinants of Activity Rates in Some Southern European Countries

  4. Eleonora Romano (Università di Roma La Sapienza), Time Inequalities: Exploring the Relationships with Well-being

 

Session C3: Migrations and economic structure

Chair: Alessia Matano (Universitat de Barcelona)

  1. Massimiliano Bratti, Chiara Conti (Università di Milano), Immigration, Population Diversity and Innovation of Italian Regions

  2. Guglielmo Barone, Alessio D’Ignazio, Guido de Blasio (Banca d’ Italia), Paolo Naticchioni (Università di Roma Tre), Dr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and
    the Politics. The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives’ Political Preferences

  3. Marco Pecoraro, Didier Ruedin (University of Neuchâtel), A Foreigner who Doesn’t Steal my Job: The Role of Unemployment Risk and Values in Attitudes

 

Session C4: Gender

Chair: Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)

  1. Elena Grimaccia (Istat), Flexibility in the Organisation of Working Time: a Tool to Improve Job Satisfaction in Reconciling Work and Family Life

  2. Paolo Naticchioni (Università di Roma Tre), Michele Raitano, Giulia Santangelo (Università di Roma La Sapienza), Career Discontinuities and the Gender Wage Gap: A Quantile Approach

  3. Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Stephen P. Jenkins (London School of Economics), Employment Dynamics and Instability of British Men and Women

 

Session C5: Unemployment and the crisis

Chair: Pasquale Tridico (Università di Roma Tre)

  1. Elena Cappellini, Letizia Ravagli, Nicola Sciclone (IRPET), A Simulation of the Effects of the Crisis between Generations: Will the Reform of the Social Security System Balance Protections?

  2. Jaya Krishnakumar, Elena Sarti (University of Geneva), The Impact of Globalisation on Work Capability

  3. Riccardo Gatto, Niki Stylianidou (ISTAT), The New Supplementary Indicators to Unemployment Rate, A Review.

  4. Giovanni S.F. Bruno (Università Bocconi), Misbah T. Choudhry (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Enrico Marelli (Università di Brescia), Marcello Signorelli (Università di Perugia), The Short and Long Run Impact of Financial Crises on Youth Unemployment in OECD Crisis.

 

Session C6: Job finding and job separation: regional evidence

Chair: Patrizia Ordine (Università della Calabria)

  1. Mario Centeno, Alvaro A. Novo (Banco de Portugal), Churning and the Adjustment Process of Portuguese Firms and Workers During the Crisis

  2. Bruno Anastasia (Veneto Lavoro ), Anna Giraldo, Adriano Paggiaro (Università di Padova), The Effect of Subsidies for Recruitments and Transformations. First Results for the Veneto Region.

  3. Chiara Mussida (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza), Francesco Pastore (Seconda Università di Napoli), Is there a Southern Sclerosis? Worker Reallocation and Regional Unemployment in Italy

  4. Andreas Pollak (University of Saskatchewan), Employment Insurance and the Business Cycle

 

Session D

 

Session D1: Higher education and the labour market

Chair: Stefano Staffolani (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

  1. Corrado Andini (Universidade da Madeira), Persistence Bias and the Wage-Schooling Model

  2. Andrea Ricci (Università di Urbino Carlo Bo), Giuseppe Croce, Emanuela Ghignoni, Edoardo Di Porto (Università di Roma La Sapienza),
    Fixed Term Contracts and Employers’ Human Capital: the Role of Educational Spillovers

  3. Miroslav Beblavý, Sophie Lehouelleur, Ilaria Maselli (CEPS), Useless Degrees or Useless Statistics? A Comparison of the net Present
    Value of Higher Education by Field of Study in 5 European Countries

  4. Claudia Pigini, Stefano Staffolani (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Enrollment Costs, University Quality and Higher Education
    Choices in Italy

 

Session D2: Building abilities

Chair: Massimiliano Bratti (Università di Milano)

  1. Federica Origo (Università di Bergamo), Monica Patrizio, Manuela Samek (IRS), Youth Employment in Europe: the Role of Education and Markets Regulation

  2. Matteo Picchio, Stefano Staffolani (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Does Apprenticeship Improve Job Opportunities? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

  3. Paolo Naticchioni (Università di Roma Tre), Michele Raitano, Claudia Vittori (Università di Roma La Sapienza), The Best Youth:  Evidence from Italy

  4. Mirko Saviæ, Danica Drakuliæ (University of Novi Sad), Jovan Zuboviæ (Economics Institute Belgrade), Measuring Dynamics of Female Participation in Higher Education and Employment – The Absorption Index

 

Session D3: Wages

Chair: Claudio Lucifora (Università del Sacro Cuore di Milano)

  1. Bruna Bruno (Università di Salerno), Damiano Fiorillo (Università di Napoli Parthenope), Voluntary Work and Labor Income

  2. Johannes Ludsteck and Florian Lehmer (IAB), Downward-Drifting Sticky Floors? – Evidence on the Development of Wage Inequality Among Foreigners in Germany

  3. Mario Centeno, Alvaro A. Novo (Banco de Portugal), Paying for Others' Protection: Causal Evidence on Wages in a Two-tier System

  4. Guido de Blasio (Banca d’Italia), Samuele Poy (Università di Torino), Local Minimum Wages and Economic Development: Italy's Evidence from the Fifties

 

Session D4: Quality of work

Chair: Sauro Mocetti (Banca d’Italia)

  1. Martin Falk (Austrian Institute of Economic Research, WIFO), Employment Effects of Technological and Organizational Innovations: Evidence Based on Linked Firm-Level Data

  2. Niki Stylianidou, Riccardo Gatto (ISTAT), Non solo NEET

  3. Elena Grimaccia, Rita Lima (Istat), Public Expenditure on Education, Education Attainment and Employment: a Comparison Among European Countries

  4. Tindara Addabo (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Marco Centra (Isfol), Maurizio Curtarelli (Eurofound), Marco Fuscaldo (Università di Torino), Valentina Gualtieri (Isfol), Quality of Work in Italy in a Multidimensional Perspective. Results from the Third Isfol Survey on Quality of Work

  5. Tindara Addabbo (Università di Modena & Reggio Emilia), Elena Sarti (University of Geneva), Dario Sciulli (Università “G. d'Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara), Disability, Life Satisfaction and Social Interaction in Italy

 

Session D5: Gender and marriage

Chair: Chiara Mussida (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

  1. Guido de Blasio (Banca d’Italia), Daniela Vuri (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Joint Custody in Italy’s Courts

  2. Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia (Università della Calabria), Do Time Preferences Matter for Marriage Stability? Some Evidence from Italy

  3. Stefania Marcassa (Université de Cergy-Pontoise), Unemployment Duration of Spouses: Evidence From France

  4. Michela Ponzo (Università di Napoli Federico II), Vincenzo Scoppa (Università della Calabria), Physical Attractiveness and Household Income: Trading Height for Education in the Marriage Market

  5. Karolina Goraus, Joanna Tyrowicz (University of Warsaw), The Good Will Effect? Female Access to the Labour Market Over Transition: a Multicountry Analysis

 

Session D6: Institutions and employment policy

Chair: Hartmut Lehmann (Università di Bologna)

  1. Emmanuel Mamatzakis, Antonios Kalyvas (University of Sussex), Does Labour Regulation Matter for Bank Performance in the Eurozone Periphery?

  2. Andrea Ricci (ISFOL), Employers’ Higher Education and Typologies of Fixed Term Contracts: First Evidence from Italian Firms

  3. Patrizia Ordine, Giuseppe Rose (Università della Calabria), Two-Tier Labor Market and Wage of Protected Entrants: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment

  4. Fabian Slonimczyk and Vladimir Gimpelson (National Research University Higher School of Economics),  Informality and Mobility in the Russian Labor Market

 

Session D7: Labour supply

Chair: Gianna Giannelli (Università di Firenze)

  1. Tindara Addabbo (Universitá degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Paula Rodríguez-Modroño, Lina Gálvez-Muñoz (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Gender and the Great Recession: Changes in Labour Supply in Spain

  2. Barbara Boschetto, Antonella Iorio, Carlo Lucarelli, Michele Antonio Salvatore (ISTAT), Limitazioni al lavoro delle persone con problemi di salute

  3. Federico Etro (Università di Venezia Ca’ Foscari ), Silvia Marchesi, Laura Pagani (Università di Milano Bicocca), The Labor Market in the Art Sector of Baroque Rome

  4. Maider Azcuna, Arantza Ugidos (University of Basque Country), Time Allocation Within Households in Spain and Changes Between 2003 and 2010