Low‐wage mobility in the Italian labour market

Labour Market Adjustment: Evidence on Interstate Labour Mobility

participants in a seminar at the Reserve Bank of Australia for valuable input. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Use of any results from this paper should clearly attribute the work to the authors and not to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The labour market participation of “ sandwich generation ” Italian women ∗

This article empirically examines the labour market participation of Italian women, with special emphasis on the role of intergenerational family links. Elderly relatives may play an important role in explaining the work patterns of women. First, they discourage the work participation of women by requiring unpaid help; secondly, they also provide household services such as child care, favouring...

Residential Mobility, Housing Wealth and the Labour Market

UK commentators have noted for some time that the structure of the UK housing market may be detrimental to labour market flexibility. The early 1990s experience of negative housing equity which affected over 20% of home buyers may have “locked” home owners into property, reducing mobility and worsening further the flexibility of the labour market. The present paper uses UK household longitudina...

Interregional Patient Mobility in the Italian NHS: A Case of Badly-Managed Decentralization; Comment on “Regional Incentives and Patient Cross-Border Mobility: Evidence From the Italian Experience”

The article by Brenna and Spandonaro on interregional mobility for acute hospital care in Italy raises important issues concerning social and territorial equity in a healthcare system. Based on Regions and private providers’ strategic behavior, the hypothesis adopted to explain patient cross-border mobility (CBM), demonstrated by statistical analysis, may be further explored using qualitative m...

The Effects Of Afghan Immigrants On The Iranian Labour Market