When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they
face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect …

Temporary work has been an important component of employment growth in Italy since the
early 1990s. This paper focus upon labour market transitions of temporary workers in order …

The share of labour increased in the first half of the 1970s, declined slowly to its 1960s level
in 2001, and since then has been rising. Between 1975 and 2001, the decline in the labour …

Si è spesso osservato come la fluidità e l'efficacia dell'intermediazione tra la domanda e
l'offerta sia il prerequisito per un mercato del lavoro flessibile, che consenta rapidi …

Die vorliegende Studie greift eine zentrale Frage der aktuellen arbeitsmarktsoziologischen
Debatte auf, die Frage nach dem Einfluss der Europäischen Beschäftigungsstrategie (EBS) …

In the past fifteen years, the Italian welfare state has gone through various important reforms.
Almost all social policy fields have been significantly challenged by the presence of both …

In Europe, Continental and Mediterranean welfare states in particular, currently face severe
exogenous and endogenous challenges. Increasing global competition, demographic …

Molte questioni empiriche in economia e in altri ambiti sociali dipendono dagli effetti causali
di politiche pubbliche. Negli ultimi decenni la ricerca sui metodi per valutare gli effetti di tali …

At the onset of the Great Recession, the Italian system of social safety nets was
characterised by high fragmentation and low integration between active and passive …

Lo stato dei cosiddetti «ammortizzatori sociali» in Italia è da molti anni oggetto di critiche
severe e di proposte di rinnovamento 1. Il punto che vale la pena rimarcare è la mancanza …