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Abstract: The Bologna process inspired the Italian 3+2 reform of the university system which constitutes a big increase in the supply of college graduates. This paper is a preliminary attempt to identify the effects of the reform on the probability (relative to non-graduates) of employment of college graduates in the age range 25-34; their quality of employment measured with the relative probability of being employed with a temporary contract; the college wage premium. Using administrative data ...; [Read more...] The Bologna process inspired the Italian 3+2 reform of the university system which constitutes a big increase in the supply of college graduates. This paper is a preliminary attempt to identify the effects of the reform on the probability (relative to non-graduates) of employment of college graduates in the age range 25-34; their quality of employment measured with the relative probability of being employed with a temporary contract; the college wage premium. Using administrative data to identify the gradual introduction of the reform in different universities, the paper shows that the reform increases significantly the relative employment of graduates except for women in the South where the rapid increase of female post-reform graduates has not been absorbed by the weak labour market. Finally, post-reform college graduates have a significantly lower college premium with respect to high school graduates than pre-reform graduates.

Il processo di Bologna è alla base della riforma del 3 + 2 del sistema universitario in Italia. Questo documento è un tentativo preliminare per identificare gli effetti della riforma sulla probabilità relativa (rispetto ai non laureati) di trovare lavoro per i laureati nella fascia d’età 25-34 e la qualità dell’occupazione trovata misurata con la probabilità di essere assunti con un contratto a tempo determinato. La riforma ha aumentato significativamente l’impiego relativo di laureati, tranne per le donne nel Sud, dove il rapido aumento delle laureate post-riforma non è stato assorbito dai deboli mercati del lavoro.

Abstract: Nelle leggi di bilancio 2016 e 2017 sono presenti provvedimenti che collegano gli incentivi fiscali del salario di produttività al welfare contrattuale con l’obiettivo di favorire la contrattazione decentrata, costruendo le condizioni fiscali favorevoli affinché aziende e lavoratori negozino salari integrativi.

Abstract: The main question addressed by this article is whether and how gender inequalities in wages have changed in Italy in the face of the important labour market developments of the last years. Specifically, the paper addresses gender wage inequalities in Italy in the mid-1990s and in the mid-2000s. In this period important labour market developments occurred: institutional changes have loosened the use of flexible and atypical contracts; the female employment rates and educational levels h ...; [Read more...] The main question addressed by this article is whether and how gender inequalities in wages have changed in Italy in the face of the important labour market developments of the last years. Specifically, the paper addresses gender wage inequalities in Italy in the mid-1990s and in the mid-2000s. In this period important labour market developments occurred: institutional changes have loosened the use of flexible and atypical contracts; the female employment rates and educational levels have substantially increased. The time trends are defined under the different components of the gender wage gap by estimating wage distributions in the presence of covariates and sample selection and by counterfactual microsimulations. The result of this excercise is that women swam against the tide: whilst the trend in female qualifications slightly reduced the gender wage gap, the gender relative trends in the wage structure significantly increased it.